いくさ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of いくさ – see the following entry.

【戦】4 [noun] (archaic) a battle, conflict, fight, war

(This term, いくさ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as いくさ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いくさ.)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of いくさ – see the following entry.

【軍】4 [noun] (archaic) a soldier, warrior; an army [noun] (archaic) archery

(This term, いくさ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as いくさ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いくさ.)

Okinawan

Noun

いくさ (ikusa) 

1. 戦: war, battle, combat
2. 軍: soldier

Old Japanese

Noun

いくさ (ikusa)

1. 軍: soldier, warrior; army
2. 射: archery