| 好戦 | belligerence |
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| 好戦国 | warlike nation |
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| 好戦的 | belligerent, warlike |
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| 紅白歌合戦 | Red and White singing contest |
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| 立体戦 | three-dimensional warfare |
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| 白兵戦 | hand-to-hand combat |
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| 白熱戦 | furious fighting |
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| 雪辱戦 | return match |
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| 戦い抜く | to fight to the bitter end |
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| 歌合戦 | singing matches |
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虚虚実実の戦い
虚々実々の戦い | match between persons equal in shrewdness |
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| 議論を戦わす | to have a discussion |
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| 経済戦 | economic war |
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| 困難と戦う | to contend with difficulties |
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死ぬまで戦う
死ぬ迄戦う | to fight to the last (death) |
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| 戦時下 | in times of war |
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| 戦戦栗栗 | trembling with fear |
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| 戦争の時 | times of war |
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| 戦端を開く | to open hostilities, to take up arms (against) |
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| 総当たり戦 | round robin event |
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| 早慶戦 | Waseda-Keio (baseball) game |
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| 早東戦 | (baseball) game between Waseda and Tokyo universities |
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| 早明戦 | Waseda-Meiji (baseball) game |
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| 対戦車砲 | antitank gun |
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| 戦いの庭 | battlefield |
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| 戦いを挑む | to challenge (a person) to a fight |
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戦えばすなわち勝つ
戦えば乃ち勝つ | to win every battle (that is fought) |
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| 冷たい戦争 | cold war, the Cold War |
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| 巻き返し作戦 | rollback operation |
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| 立明戦 | Rikkyo-Meiji (baseball) game |
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| 首位攻防戦 | game or series of games between the first and second place teams |
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| 開幕戦 | opening game, (season) opener |
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| 激戦区 | closely contested constituency, highly competitive marketplace, battleground |
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| 受験戦争 | examination war, fiercely competitive university entrance examinations |
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| 焦土戦術 | scorched-earth strategy (tactics) |
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| 上陸作戦 | landing operations |
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| 心理作戦 | psychological tactics |
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| 初戦 | first match (in a series) |
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| 接近戦 | close combat, close(-quarter) fighting, in-fighting |
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| 戦車兵 | tankman |
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| 戦争状態 | (enter into, be in) a state of war |
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| 戦略空軍 | strategic air force |
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| 打撃戦 | game with many hits |
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| 対戦成績 | win-loss records (between A and B) |
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| 短期決戦 | decisive battle of brief duration |
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| 定期戦 | regularly-scheduled game (match) |
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| 投手戦 | pitching duel |
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| 独立戦争 | American Revolutionary War, War of Independence |
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| 日中戦争 | Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) |
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| 復讐戦 | return match |
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| 優勝決定戦 | deciding match (in a competition for a cup (pennant)) |
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| 優勝戦 | championship tournament, finals |
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| 砲戦 | artillery battle |
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| アヘン戦争 | Opium War (1840-42) |
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