war, battle, match
戦 centers on armed conflict or competitive struggle: war, battle, or a match where sides clash.
戦 is the modern simplified form of 戰. The older form combines 單 (a hunting weapon or net) with 戈 (halberd), together expressing the idea of warfare or fighting. The modern left side 単 is a simplification of 單.
The left side 単 suggests a simple or single thing, and the right side 戈 is a halberd. Imagine a lone warrior with a halberd stepping into battle: 戦 is war or a match.
For セン, picture a battle scene where a centurion (セン) leads the charge with a halberd: cent -> セン, and the warrior fights in the war.
war
war; battle; campaign; fight
battle; war; fight; conflict
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to go to war (with); to fight (with); to do battle (against)
tactics; strategy
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
battle; fight; combat
strategy; tactics
participation in a war; going to war
soldier; combatant; warrior
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle; fight; contest; match
postwar period; period after Second World War
great war; great battle
tank (military vehicle)
battlefield; battleground
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war
pre-war days; before the war
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
tactics
war potential; military strength; fighting power
battleship
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
event with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc.
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
wartime
end of war; cessation of hostilities
(war) front
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
cold war; the Cold War
death in battle
first match (in a series)
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
civil war
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
declaration of war
Pacific War (1941-1945)
war; battle; hostilities
war criminal
tactics; strategy
during the war
outbreak of war; starting a war
holy war; crusade
series of battles; successive battles
cease-fire; truce; armistice
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
armistice; ceasefire
anti-war
close contest; close match; close game; close race
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
front (in battle)
winning a war; victory
naval battle
death in battle; killed in action
war situation; progress of a battle
advocacy of war
wartime fire
resistance
confused fight; free-for-all; melee
fierce fight; close contest
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
battle of words; debate; argument; dispute
sales battle; business competition
line of battle
war damage
defensive fight (battle)
war renunciation; anti-war
war expenditures
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition
moving from one battlefield to another; fighting on successive fronts; fighting in various battles
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
popular front
war area; battlefield; theater; theatre
war of words
exhibition game; preseason game
league match; league game; league series; round robin
battle; game; bout
world war
official match; regular game; regular-season game; formal match
first challenge; first try
first half of a game; first half of a match
(preliminary) skirmish
ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker
second half
fighter (aircraft)
pitching duel; pitchers' battle
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
election campaign