Keyword
conflict
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig1238
Old form
Readings
そう
(70%)
Composed of
hook claw
sideways trident
hook
Used in kanji (3 in total)
quiet
cleanse
koto
Used in vocabulary (366 in total)
war; fighting; fierce competition
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
to quarrel; to dispute
a quarrel; argument
dispute; resistance
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
belligerence; fighting spirit
major war; great war; world war
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
dispute; argument; contention
conflict; strife
political strife
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
dispute; argument; contention
(enter into, be in) a state of war
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
war by proxy; proxy war
strife; struggle
succession struggle; succession race
struggle (for); scramble; contest
to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves
point at issue
fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead
like father, like son; (lit.) you can't fight blood
inheritance dispute; succession dispute
American Civil War (1861-1865)
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
internal strife; infighting; internal conflict
post war; after the war
disputed territory; conflict area
warmonger; warmaker
dispute; contention; conflict; controversy
to compete for the first place; to be one of the best
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
competitiveness; competitive edge; competitive power
leadership competition; power struggle
championship race; struggle for victory
argument; dispute; controversy
Satsuma Rebellion (1877)
dispute; quarrel; strike
examination war; fiercely competitive university entrance examinations
class struggle; class warfare; class conflict
Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War
factional infighting (conflict); antagonism between factions
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
act of war; hostile act
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
war responsibility (esp. in relation to Japan's role in WWII)
inheritance dispute; succession dispute
economic warfare; economic war
international border dispute
political power struggle
Arab-Israeli Wars (1948, 1956, 1967, 1973)
labor dispute; labour dispute; industrial dispute; strike
quarreling; quarrelling
Crimean War (1853-1856)
Iraq War (2003-2011)
war experience; experience of war; memories of war
Opium War (1840-42)
contending for victory; struggling for supremacy
international competitiveness; global competitiveness
American War of Independence (1775-1783); American Revolution
Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
(making something a) political issue
conflict resolution; dispute resolution
competitive bidding (esp. for government contracts)
internal strife
negotiation of conditions
arms race; armaments race
Punic Wars (between Rome and Carthage)
dispute over water rights; dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas)
all-out war; full-scale war
Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
Spanish-American War (1898)
campaign against the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)
competition (rivalry) to first (e.g. rider in a charge)
conflict between a bride and her mother-in-law; (lit.) bride and mother-in-law war
political strife (antagonism, conflict)
to contend for distinction; to claim credit
Anglo-Satsuma War (1863); Bombardment of Kagoshima
Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)
War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
Battle of Ueno (battle of the Boshin war; 1868)
campus dispute; campus strife
megacompetition; mega-competition
let a hundred schools of thought contend
War on Terror (2001-)
Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
Austro-Prussian War (1866)
Third Arab-Israeli War (June 5-10, 1967); Six-Day War
Yom Kippur War; fourth Arab-Israeli war (October 6-25, 1973)
Winter War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1939-1940)
Kulturkampf (church-state conflict in Prussia; 1872-1887)
party strife; faction
open tendering; open competitive bidding
domestic dispute; family trouble
home run hitting competition
custody battle; custody dispute
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
Balkan Wars (1912, 1913)
procedures to determine the points at issue; pre-trial mutual disclosure and discussion of the points of contention
struggle for supremacy; championship game
strikers; workers on strike
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
to quarrel; to dispute
Arrow War (the second Opium War; 1856-1860)
cold war; the Cold War
Third Arab-Israeli War (June 5-10, 1967); Six-Day War
War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
Donghak Peasant Revolution (Korea; 1894-1895)
to fight with; to contend with
dispute by legal action; contentious
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
War of the Roses
German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
a quarrel; argument
to have no time to lose; to fight with every minute and every second
fighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill
lacking opposition or competition
Franco-German War (i.e. the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871)
trade dispute; trade conflict; trade war
(debate over) the problem of universals
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
argument as to (about) the authenticity (of...)
chaos on the roads; (lit.) traffic war
Russo-German War (1941-1945)
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War; (lit.) fifteen years' war
Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
well-matched contest; (lit.) fight between a dragon and a tiger
Great Northern War (1700-1721)
Patriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)
jurisdictional dispute
push-button war; war started or ended with the push of a button (e.g. to launch a nuclear missile)
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
business competition; corporate competition
whirlpool of political strife
industrial (labor-management) dispute (labour); industrial strife
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War
to quarrel and separate
right to strike
(first) Indochina War (1946-1954)
to quarrel and separate
fighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill
Sino-French War (1884-1885)
direct action; strike
beginning of a dispute
Sacred Wars (of Ancient Greece)
quarrelsome; contentious
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
legal point of contention; matter in dispute; subject of debate; issue in contention
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War
Sanrizuka Struggle; campaign against the construction of Narita airport
war of words; quarrel; dispute
War of the Roses
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
dispute; contention; conflict; controversy
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
French and Indian War (1754-1763)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Spanish-American War (1898)
indisputable; undeniable; unmistakable
to accuse; to rise up in judgment against (judgement)
to be angry and quarrelsome
indisputable; undeniable; unmistakable
internal discord; internal dissension
labor slowdown; labour slowdown
psychological warfare
labor unrest; labour unrest
dispute between China and Vietnam
War on Terror (2001-)
Bosnian Conflict (1992-1998)
Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
Sikh Wars (1845-1846, 1848-1849)
Cod Wars (conflicts between the United Kingdom and Iceland regarding fishing rights (1958, 1971, 1975))
Cod Wars (conflicts between the United Kingdom and Iceland regarding fishing rights (1958, 1971, 1975))
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
local competition (e.g. telephone)
local competition (between telephone service providers)
struggling to grab hold of one's opponent's belt with one's dominant hand
war-risk insurance; war insurance
Turko-Egyptian Wars (1831-1833; 1839-1840)
Turko-Egyptian Wars (1831-1833; 1839-1840)
Anglo-Mysore Wars (1766-1799)
Anglo-Maratha Wars (1777-1783, 1803-1805, 1817-1818)
business competitiveness; corporate competitiveness
fighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill
game of go; playing go
fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does); (lit.) a fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit)
collateral estoppel; issue preclusion
Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967); Third Arab-Israeli War
Continuation War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1941-1944)
Lapland War (between Finland and Germany; 1944-1945)
blood diamond; conflict diamonds; war diamonds
anticompetitive behaviour; anticompetitive behavior; anticompetitive practice
friend who gives advice
Foreign Intervention in Russia (1917-1922)
hybrid warfare; hybrid war
War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870); Paraguayan War
fighting over inheritance; inheritance dispute
Croatian War of Independence
Gaza War (2008–09)
War in North-West Pakistan
Abkhaz–Georgian conflict
2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia
Kurdish rebellions in Turkey
Examples (200 in total)
When and where did the war break out?
If only there were no wars in the world.
The country was gearing up for war.