一戦|いっせんissen[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbattle; game; bout
Conjugation
Dictionary form一戦する(いっせんする)
Polite (masu)一戦します(いっせんします)
Negative (nai)一戦しない(いっせんしない)
polite (masen)一戦しません(いっせんしません)
classical zu / nu一戦せず・一戦せぬ(いっせんせず・いっせんせぬ)
Past (ta)一戦した(いっせんした)
polite (mashita)一戦しました(いっせんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)一戦しなかった(いっせんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)一戦しませんでした(いっせんしませんでした)
Te form一戦して(いっせんして)
Potential一戦できる(いっせんできる)
Passive一戦される(いっせんされる)
Causative一戦させる(いっせんさせる)
Causative passive一戦させられる(いっせんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)一戦すれば(いっせんすれば)
tara一戦したら(いっせんしたら)
Volitional一戦しよう(いっせんしよう)
polite (mashou)一戦しましょう(いっせんしましょう)
Imperative一戦しろ(いっせんしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym交戦こうせんWrittenWritten, formal word for armies engaging each other; stresses the two sides opening hostilities. 「一戦」 simply counts one battle or one game.
  • SynonymバトルCasualColloquial loanword for a battle or face-off, frequent in games and variety shows; 「一戦」 neutrally counts a single fight or match.
  • Related試合しあいNeutralThe most common word for sports and board-game matches; it carries no combat nuance, which 「一戦」 can have.
  • Related勝負しょうぶNeutralCenters on settling a win or loss, as in 「勝負をつける」; 「一戦」 just counts one bout without that focus.
  • RelatedマッチNeutralMeans only a match for lighting fires and has no link to 「一戦」. The contest sense is written in katakana as 「マッチ」, never as 「燐寸」.
  • Antonym休戦きゅうせんWrittenWritten word for a ceasefire or truce; it is the opposite of 「一戦」, which marks taking up a fight.
  • Antonym和平わへいNeutralPeace, the state after war ends; it stands opposite the battle sense of 「一戦」.

For one battle or game say 「一戦を交える」 or 「大事な一戦」. Sports matches take 「試合」, deciding the winner 「勝負」, and casual talk 「バトル」; the opposite is 「休戦」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 一度いちどたたかうこと。一回いちかいの戦闘せんとう。
  2. 一回いちかいの試合しあいや対局たいきょく。
  3. 一回いちかいの性交せいこう。
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