冷戦|れいせんreisen[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nouncold war; the Cold War
    冷戦れいせんはソビエトの崩壊ほうかいと共ともに終おわった。↗
    The Cold War ended when the Soviet Union collapsed.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymコールドウォーNeutralLoanword equivalent of 「冷戦」, but rarely used; everyday speech sticks to 「冷戦」.
  • Antonym融和ゆうわWrittenWritten/formal term for harmony and amicable relations; it stands opposite 「冷戦」 on the confrontation-vs-reconciliation axis.

Use 「冷戦」 for the US–Soviet Cold War and for metaphorical standoffs between people, as in 「夫婦の冷戦」. The loanword 「コールドウォー」 is rare; the antonym 「融和」 denotes harmony and reconciliation.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (世界史せかいし)アメリカ合衆国あめりかがっしゅうこくを盟主めいしゅとする反共はんきょう主義しゅぎ陣営じんえいと、ソビエト連邦そびえとれんぽうを盟主めいしゅとする共産主義きょうさんしゅぎ陣営じんえいとの二に極きょく対立たいりつ状態じょうたい。
  2. (比喩的ひゆてきに)武力ぶりょくを用もちいないが、烈はげしく敵対てきたいしている状態じょうたい。表立おもてだって争あらそうわけではないが、心理的しんりてきに険悪けんあくな状態じょうたい。
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