応戦|おうせんousen[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbfighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 応戦する(おうせんする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 応戦します(おうせんします) |
| Negative (nai) | 応戦しない(おうせんしない) |
| polite (masen) | 応戦しません(おうせんしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 応戦せず・応戦せぬ(おうせんせず・おうせんせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 応戦した(おうせんした) |
| polite (mashita) | 応戦しました(おうせんしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 応戦しなかった(おうせんしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 応戦しませんでした(おうせんしませんでした) |
| Te form | 応戦して(おうせんして) |
| Potential | 応戦できる(おうせんできる) |
| Passive | 応戦される(おうせんされる) |
| Causative | 応戦させる(おうせんさせる) |
| Causative passive | 応戦させられる(おうせんさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 応戦すれば(おうせんすれば) |
| tara | 応戦したら(おうせんしたら) |
| Volitional | 応戦しよう(おうせんしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 応戦しましょう(おうせんしましょう) |
| Imperative | 応戦しろ(おうせんしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Related抗戦こうせんWrittenWritten/formal prose word for fighting on in resistance; stresses holding out against the enemy to the very end, as in 「徹底抗戦」.
- Related抵抗ていこうNeutralNeutral, everyday word with a far wider range: resisting force or authority, but also psychological aversion and even electrical resistance.
- Antonym降伏こうふくWrittenWritten/formal prose word for surrendering and admitting defeat — the exact opposite of 「応戦」's fighting back.
- Antonym無抵抗むていこうNeutralNeutral word for nonresistance: taking an attack without striking back, the opposite of 「応戦」.
Use 「応戦」 for fighting back after an attack, as in 「敵の攻撃に応戦する」. For holding out in a fight, written 「抗戦」; for resistance in general, everyday 「抵抗」. Opposites: 「降伏」 (surrender) and 「無抵抗」 (nonresistance).
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