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合戦 かっせん

  1. battle; contest; engagement; fight; fighting

合戦絵巻 かっせんえまき

  1. picture scroll depicting a famous battle

雪合戦 ゆきがっせん

  1. snowball fight

弔い合戦 とむらいがっせん

  1. battle of revenge; fighting to avenge someone's death

石合戦 いしがっせん

  1. stone-throwing fight

紅白歌合戦 こうはくうたがっせん

  1. Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual singing contest between famous male and female singers on New Year's Eve; sponsored and broadcast by NHK

歌合戦 うたがっせん

  1. singing matches

陳情合戦 ちんじょうかっせん

  1. competitive lobbying; rivalry in campaigning (for and against)

非難合戦 ひなんかっせん

  1. (engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other

誘致合戦 ゆうちかっせん

  1. competition to lure (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality; rivalry over winning the right to host an event
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