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JLPT N3 · Noun

戦い (tatakai)

戦い (たたかい, tatakai) is a Japanese noun meaning “battle; war”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
たたかい
Romaji
tatakai
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. battle; war; fight; conflict · noun
  2. fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); war (e.g. on drugs); battle (e.g. against nature) · noun
  3. contest; competition; match; game · noun

Example sentences

戦いは人間の獣性をよびおこす。
War arouses the animal in man.
Tatoeba #141337
彼の勇敢な戦いの物語は我々を深く感動させた。
The story of his brave struggle affected us deeply.
Tatoeba #115960

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 戦い

戦
war, battle, matchセン・いくさ・たたか.う · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 戦い.

戦争せんそうwar大戦たいせんgreat war戦うたたかうto make war (on)挑戦ちょうせんchallenge戦せんwar作戦さくせんtactics敗戦はいせんdefeat休戦きゅうせんcease-fire戦災せんさいwar damage戦術せんじゅつtactics戦闘せんとうbattle戦力せんりょくwar potential

Source: JMdict entry 1596950 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.