戦火|せんかsenka[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounwartime fire
2. nounwar; wartime destruction; horrors of war
   若者わかものは戦火せんかというものを頭あたまでしか知しらない。↗

   Young people know the disasters of war only in the abstract.

• Related戦争せんそうNeutralGeneral term for war — armed conflict between nations or civil war — and figuratively fierce competition; 「戦火」 points to the fires and destruction war brings.
• Related戦いたたかいNeutralBroad word for battle, struggle, or contest; 「戦火」 is about war itself, usually with the havoc and suffering it brings in view.
• Related合戦かっせんWrittenWritten word for a battle or engagement, also in contests like 「雪合戦」「歌合戦」; 「戦火」 means the destruction of war.
• Related交戦こうせんWrittenWritten term for two armies engaging in combat; 「戦火」 stresses the havoc war causes rather than the fighting itself.
• Related戦闘せんとうNeutralActual armed combat between opposing forces; 「戦火」 points to the destruction and suffering war brings.
• Related戦いくさWrittenWritten, old-fashioned word for war or battle; 「戦火」 stresses the ravages of war.
• Related戦争状態せんそうじょうたいWrittenWritten term for the state of being at war; 「戦火」 refers to the destruction and havoc itself.
• RelatedバトルCasualColloquial loanword for a battle or showdown, common in games and contests; 「戦火」 means actual wartime destruction.
• Antonym平和へいわNeutralPeace; the direct opposite of 「戦火」.

Use 「戦火」 for the fires, destruction, and horrors that war brings, as in 「戦火に包まれる」. For war in general choose 「戦争」, for combat 「戦闘」, for historical battles 「合戦」, and for the opposite idea 「平和」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 戦争せんそう。
2. 戦争せんそうにより生しょうじる火災かさい。