Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 激戦(げきせん) in Japanese

激戦
Kana Reading
げきせん
Romaji
gekisen
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    fierce (hard-fought) battle; hot contest
    Example sentence
    今回選挙激戦大臣何人も落ちた The last election was such a hot contest that several ex-ministers lost.

Examples of 激戦, げきせん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 1

16 strokes

violent, get excited, enraged, chafe, incite

On'Yomi: ゲキ

Kun'Yomi: はげ.しい

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JLPT 3

13 strokes

war, battle, match

On'Yomi: セン

Kun'Yomi: いくさ, たたか.う, おのの.く, そよ.ぐ, わなな.く

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