冷れい戦せん

noun

cold war; the Cold War

Refers especially to the historical Cold War, and more generally to a hostile political or diplomatic standoff without direct open warfare.

• 冷れい戦せんは二に十じっ世せい紀き後こう半はんの国こく際さい政せい治じに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

  The Cold War had a major influence on international politics in the latter half of the twentieth century.