肉弾戦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
肉	弾	戦
にく Grade: 2	だん Grade: S	せん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
肉彈戰 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 肉弾 (nikudan, literally “flesh bullets”) +‎ 戦 (-sen, “war”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ikɯ̟dã̠ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

肉(にく)弾(だん)戦(せん) • (nikudansen) 

1. warfare involving physical combat instead of weapons
2. (figuratively) activity involving large amounts of physical contact, especially sports

See also

• 白兵戦(はくへいせん) (hakuheisen)
• 接近戦(せっきんせん) (sekkinsen)