聖戦

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Japanese

 聖戦 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
聖 戦
せい
Grade: 6 		せん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
聖戰 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

聖(せい)戦(せん) • (seisen) 

  1. a holy war
    • 1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの階(かい)段(だん) [Jacob’s Stairway]”, in Ｑ.Ｅ.Ｄ. 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, pages 183–184:
      〝聖(せい)戦(せん)〟だったんだな　クランのトップセルは最(さい)適(てき)な繁(はん)殖(しょく)地(ち)を求(もと)め‥‥戦(たたか)いを始(はじ)めた
      〝Seisen〟datta n da na Kuran no toppu seru wa saiteki na hanshokuchi o motome‥‥tatakai o hajimeta
      It was like a holy war, huh? The top cell of the Clans was searching for the optimal breeding ground‥‥ and it provoked conflicts in the process.
      あれはただの戦(せん)争(そう)だったんじゃない‥‥「約(やく)束(そく)の地(ち)」を求(もと)めた聖(せい)戦(せん)だったのさ
      Are wa tada no sensō datta n ja nai‥‥ “Yakusoku no Chi” o motometa seisen datta no sa
      It was no ordinary war‥‥ it was a holy war for the “Promised Land”.
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