戦国

See also: 戰國 and 战国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
戦 国
せん
Grade: 4 		こく > ごく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
戰國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 戦 (sen, “battle, war”) +‎ 国 (koku, “country”). The koku changes to goku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) せんごく [sèńgókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞ŋɡo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

戦(せん)国(ごく) • (sengoku) 

  1. a warring state
    Synonym: 乱世 (ransei)

Proper noun

戦(せん)国(ごく) • (Sengoku) 

  1. short for 戦国時代 (sengoku jidai, “the Warring States period (of both Chinese and Japanese history)”)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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