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- great war; great battle
- world warabbreviationsee also 世界大戦
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- great war; great battle
- world war
This term is often used to refer to significant military conflicts, emphasizing their scale and impact on history. It can also imply the intensity and seriousness of the battles fought.
This movie depicts the First World War.
This specific usage refers to wars that involve multiple countries across the globe and are generally marked as major events in world history.
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たいせん大戦をおこす起こすto start a great warだいいちじたいせん第一次大戦World War Iだいにじたいせん第二次大戦World War IIたいせん大戦のえいきょう影響impact of the great warたいせん大戦まっき末期end of the great warたいせん大戦にさんか参加するto participate in the great warたいせん大戦のじだい時代era of the great warたいせん大戦をかいひ回避するto avoid a great warたいせん大戦のきおく記憶memory of the great warだい大せんちゅう戦中during the great warたいせん大戦をしゅうけつ終結させるto conclude the great war
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He was a hero of the African campaign in World War II.
I am writing a thesis about international disputes after World War II.
After the war, the Netherlands was the country that executed and tortured the most Japanese, though some of them were innocent.
We were taught that World War II broke out in 1939.
Germany was allied with Italy in World War II.
That country remained neutral throughout World War II.
Many Japanese-Americans were sent off to concentration camps during World War II.