百戦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
百	戦
ひゃく Grade: 1	せん Grade: 4
goon

Alternative spelling
百戰 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literary Chinese 百戰 (bǎizhàn, literally “a hundred battles”). Compare 百獣 (hyakujū, “all beasts”, literally “a hundred beasts”), 百姓 (hyakushō, “all citizens”, literally “a hundred clans”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひゃくせん [hyàkúséń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ça̠kɯ̟̊ᵝsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

百(ひゃく)戦(せん) • (hyakusen) 

1. (chiefly in compounds) many or all battles

See also

• 百(ひゃく)戦(せん)百(ひゃく)勝(しょう) (hyakusen hyakushō, “invincible; matchless”, literally “a hundred battle, a hundred victories”)
• 百(ひゃく)戦(せん)練(れん)磨(ま) (hyakusen renma, “verteran; seasoned; hard-bitten”, literally “tempered by a hundred battles”)
• 彼(かれ)を知(し)り己(おのれ)を知(し)れば百(ひゃく)戦殆(せんあやう)からず (kare o shiri onore o shireba hyakusen ayaukarazu)