聖戦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
聖	戦
せい Grade: 6	せん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
聖戰 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーせん [sèéséń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːsẽ̞ɴ]

• Homophones: 井泉, 正戦, 生鮮, 西遷, 成選, 征戦, 性腺, 政戦, 省銭, 清泉, 聖遷, 精銭, 精選, 製銑

Noun

聖(せい)戦(せん) • (seisen) 

1. a holy war
   • 1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの階(かい)段(だん) [Jacob’s Stairway]”, in Ｑ.Ｅ.Ｄ. 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, pages 183–184:

     〝聖(せい)戦(せん)〟だったんだな　クランのトップセルは最(さい)適(てき)な繁(はん)殖(しょく)地(ち)を求(もと)め‥‥戦(たたか)いを始(はじ)めた

     〝Seisen〟datta n da na Kuran no toppu seru wa saiteki na hanshokuchi o motome‥‥tatakai o hajimeta

     It was like a holy war, huh? The top cell of the Clans was searching for the optimal breeding ground‥‥ and it provoked conflicts in the process.

     あれはただの戦(せん)争(そう)だったんじゃない‥‥「約(やく)束(そく)の地(ち)」を求(もと)めた聖(せい)戦(せん)だったのさ

     Are wa tada no sensō datta n ja nai‥‥ “Yakusoku no Chi” o motometa seisen datta no sa

     It was no ordinary war‥‥ it was a holy war for the “Promised Land”.