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): [sẽ̞ŋɡo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

戦(せん)国(ごく) • (sengoku)

a warring state
Synonym: 乱世 (ransei)
Short for 戦国時代 (sengoku jidai, “the Warring States period (of both Chinese and Japanese history)”).

Derived terms

戦国(せんごく)時(じ)代(だい) (sengoku jidai)

References

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

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