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接近戦 - Japanese Word of the Day | VN Club

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接(せっ)近(きん)戦(せん)

Rank #19,686

Found in 200 VNs · 888 total media

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Meanings

close combat
close(-quarter) fighting
in-fighting

Most found in

Tiny Dungeon ~BRAVE or SLAVE~

22 occurrences

Most found in

Tiny Dungeon ~BRAVE or SLAVE~

22 occurrences

Forms

接近戦

99.8%

せっきんせん

<0.1%

Example Sentences

from Jiten

再び大きく踏み込むと接近戦を挑んでくるアーヴィに…。。

Source: Radiant Tale

なるほど、これなら踏ん張れないし接近戦も難しくなる。

Source: Koiken Otome

それじゃあ接近戦特化に俺がカスタマイズしてあげる」

Source: Home Sweet Homecoming

Kanji

接

adjoin, contact, piece together, touch

Heisig: touch

N2Grade 511 strokes#471 freq

On'yomi

ショウ、セツ

Kun'yomi

つ.ぐ

Common Compounds

面接(めんせつ)interview (e.g. for a job)

間接(かんせつ)indirection, indirectness

応接

Conjugations

Noun

Plain接近戦だ

Is (plain)

Polite接近戦です

Is (polite)

Negative接近戦じゃない

Is not (plain)

Past接近戦だった

Was (plain)

Past polite接近戦でした

Was (polite)

Te-form接近戦で

Connective

Conditional接近戦なら(ば)

If it is

As subject接近戦が

Subject marker

As topic接近戦は

Topic marker

As object接近戦を

Object marker

Possessive接近戦の

Of / belonging to

Related VNDB Tags

Tags common across the top 50 VNs where this word appears most

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Word data and example sentences provided by Jiten.

Kanji details and compound words from KanjiAPI. Visual novel data from VNDB.

Dictionary data from JMdict, KANJIDIC, and JMnedict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group’s licence.

(おうせつ)

reception (e.g. of visitors), dealing with

接待(せったい)entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world), treating (to food and drinks), wining and dining

接触(せっしょく)touch, contact, touching

直接(ちょくせつ)direct, immediate, personal

切断(せつだん)cutting, severance, section

密接(みっせつ)being in close proximity, being adjacent

近

akin, early, near, tantamount

Heisig: near

N3Grade 27 strokes#107 freq

On'yomi

キン、コン

Kun'yomi

ちか.い

Common Compounds

近所(きんじょ)neighbourhood, neighborhood

近路(ちかみち)shorter way, shortcut

近日(きんじつ)soon, in a few days

近視(きんし)myopia, shortsightedness, nearsightedness

身近(みぢか)near oneself, close to one, familiar

近眼(きんがん)nearsightedness, shortsightedness, myopia

近郊(きんこう)outskirts, environs (of a city), surrounding area

付近(ふきん)neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity

戦

battle, match, war

Heisig: war

N2Grade 413 strokes#151 freq

On'yomi

セン

Kun'yomi

いくさ、おのの.く、そよ.ぐ、たたか.う、わなな.く

Common Compounds

反戦(はんせん)anti-war

戦死(せんし)death in battle

防戦(ぼうせん)defensive fight (battle)

戦災(せんさい)war damage

戦場(せんじょう)battlefield, battleground

冷戦(れいせん)cold war, the Cold War

終戦(しゅうせん)end of war, cessation of hostilities

戦後(せんご)postwar period, period after Second World War

Sword Combat

in 16 VNs

to be discouraged (from doing something); to have one's enthusiasm dampened

愛想が尽きる

あいそがつきるexp · v1Apr 14

to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with

唆す

そそのかすv5s · vtApr 13

to instigate; to tempt; to entice