Illustration: At a neighborhood athletics meet on a school track, two adult runners charge toward the finish line with their shoulders almost exactly level. Their leading shoes land side by side, and both lean forward at the same instant, faces strained with equal effort.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

接せっ戦せん

sessen

close contest, close race

Example sentences

レースはもつれた接戦せっせんとなった。
The race went down to the wire.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
昨夜さくやはジャイアンツはドラゴンズと接戦せっせんを演えんじた。
The Giants had a close game with the Dragons last night.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
ミシガン州しゅうでは接戦せっせんが予想よそうされている。
A close race is expected in the state of Michigan.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 接戦

接touch; contactOnセツ・ショウKunつぐ
戦war; battleOnセンKunいくさ・たたかう・おののく

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