戦闘

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See also: 戰鬬, 戰鬪, 戰鬥, and 战斗

Japanese

Kanji in this term
戦 闘
せん
Grade: 4 		とう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
戰鬭 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 戰鬪 (*jiɛ̀n *təuH). Compare Mandarin 戰鬥／战斗 (zhàndòu), Korean 전투 (jeontu), Vietnamese chiến đấu.

Pronunciation

Noun

戦(せん)闘(とう) • (sentō) 

  1. a battle, a fight, combat
    戦闘(せんとう)を開始(かいし)する
    sentō o kaishi suru
    to commence hostilities / to start fighting
    戦闘(せんとう)を中止(ちゅうし)する
    sentō o chūshi suru
    to suspend hostilities / to stop fighting
    戦闘(せんとう)に参加(さんか)する
    sentō ni sanka suru
    to see combat / to participate in a battle or action
    • 2003 July 17, “暗(あん)黒(こく)の海(かい)竜(りゅう)兵(へい)”, in 暗黒の侵略者, Konami:
      暗(あん)黒(こく)海(かい)の世(せ)界(かい)を守(まも)る戦(せん)士(し)。水(すい)中(ちゅう)はもちろん、陸(りく)上(じょう)でも高(たか)い戦(せん)闘(とう)能(のう)力(りょく)を誇(ほこ)る。
      Ankokukai no sekai o mamoru senshi. Suichū wa mochiron, rikujō demo takai sentō nōryoku o hokoru.
      A warrior who guards the world of the dark sea. He is proud of superior combat ability, in the water of course, but on the ground as well.

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Verb

戦(せん)闘(とう)する • (sentō suru) suru (stem 戦(せん)闘(とう)し (sentō shi), past 戦(せん)闘(とう)した (sentō shita))

  1. to fight, to battle

Conjugation

Conjugation of "戦闘する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 戦闘し せんとうし sentō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 戦闘し せんとうし sentō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 戦闘する せんとうする sentō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 戦闘する せんとうする sentō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 戦闘すれ せんとうすれ sentō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 戦闘せよ¹
戦闘しろ² 		せんとうせよ¹
せんとうしろ² 		sentō seyo¹
sentō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 戦闘される せんとうされる sentō sareru
Causative 戦闘させる
戦闘さす 		せんとうさせる
せんとうさす 		sentō saseru
sentō sasu
Potential 戦闘できる せんとうできる sentō dekiru
Volitional 戦闘しよう せんとうしよう sentō shiyō
Negative 戦闘しない せんとうしない sentō shinai
Negative continuative 戦闘せず せんとうせず sentō sezu
Formal 戦闘します せんとうします sentō shimasu
Perfective 戦闘した せんとうした sentō shita
Conjunctive 戦闘して せんとうして sentō shite
Hypothetical conditional 戦闘すれば せんとうすれば sentō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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