Illustration: During a badminton match in a Japanese municipal gym, one player dives almost horizontally to scoop the shuttle just above the floor. Across the net, the opponent lunges forward with knees bent and racket extended, already preparing to answer the return.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

激げき戦せん

gekisen

fierce battle, close contest

Example sentences

  1. ここで激戦げきせんが行おこなわれた。

    A fierce battle was fought here.

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  2. 義仲よしなかが出陣しゅつじんし、義経軍よしつねぐんと激戦げきせんとなる。

    Yoshinaka fought a fierce battle with Yoshitsune’s troops.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 他ほかの門もんでも激戦げきせんが続つづき、勝敗しょうはいは容易よういに決けっしなかった。

    The hard-fought battle continued to rage at the other gates as well; neither side was able to gain the upper hand.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 激戦

  • 激violent; get excitedOnゲキKunはげしい
  • 戦war; battleOnセンKunいくさ・たたかう・おののく

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