Illustration: During a late-Edo clash outside a fortified compound, two groups of armed fighters are already confronting each other across a broken gate. From a side lane, a fresh squad emerges behind its leader and joins the defenders.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

参さん戦せん

sansen

to take part in a war or battle

Example sentences

  1. 鳥羽伏見とばふしみの戦たたかいや甲州戦争こうしゅうせんそうにも参戦さんせん。

    He took part in the Battle of Toba-Fushimi and the Koshu War.

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

  2. 新選組しんせんぐみに入隊にゅうたいし、箱館戦争はこだてせんそうに参戦さんせんした。

    After joining Shinsengumi, he participated in Battle of Hakodate.

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

  3. 同年どうねん2月がつには最前線さいぜんせんでの戦闘せんとうに二度にどに渡わたって参戦さんせんした。

    In February of the same year, he participated in two battles at the front.

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

Kanji in 参戦

  • 参nonplussed; three (in documents)Onサン・シンKunまいる・まい-・まじわる
  • 戦war; battleOnセンKunいくさ・たたかう・おののく

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