Meaning of 戦死 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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戦死
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Kana Readingせんし
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Romajisenshi
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- death in action; killed in action; KIA
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Example Sentences
戦死, せんし used in context
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If my father had not been killed in the war, he would be over sixty years old now.
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News of her son's death in battle drove her mad.
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They died in battle.
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He was thought to have been killed in the Second World War.
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He was killed in the war.
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He is believed to have been killed in action.
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