冷戦

See also: 冷戰 and 冷战

Japanese

 冷戦 on Japanese Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
冷	戦
れい Grade: 4	せん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
冷戰 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) れーせん [rèéséń] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2][3][4]
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːsẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

冷(れい)戦(せん) • (Reisen) 

1. the Cold War
   • 1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの階(かい)段(だん) [Jacob’s Stairway]”, in Ｑ.Ｅ.Ｄ. 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 90:

     ソ連(れん)が崩(ほう)壊(かい)して東(とう)西(ざい)冷(れい)戦(せん)は終(お)わったんだ

     Soren ga hōkai shite Tōzai Reisen wa owatta n da

     The Soviet Union collapsed and the Cold War ended.

Noun

冷(れい)戦(せん) • (reisen) 

1. (figuratively) cold war

Synonyms

• 冷(つめ)たい戦(せん)争(そう) (Tsumetai Sensō)

References

1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
4. “冷戦”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here