Illustration: Across a damaged earthen defensive bank, two opposing groups of domain soldiers hold their positions at a cautious distance. Their matchlock guns are now pointed safely downward, and spear tips have been lowered.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

停てい戦せん

teisen

ceasefire, to cease fighting

Example sentences

  1. 停戦ていせんが宣言せんげんされた。

    A ceasefire was declared.

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  2. この停戦ていせんが世界平和せかいへいわに役立やくだつことを私達わたしたちはみな望のぞんでいる。

    We all hope that this cease-fire will make for world peace.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. このため3月がつ30日にちに停戦ていせんに合意ごういした。

    This incident led to an agreement on a cease-fire on March 30.

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

Kanji in 停戦

  • 停halt; stoppingOnテイKunとめる・とまる
  • 戦war; battleOnセンKunいくさ・たたかう・おののく

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