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戦闘不能 (せんとうふのう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression
unable to fight ; incapacitated ; knocked out
Primarily used in video games and RPG contexts to describe a character who has lost all HP and can no longer act. Can also refer to being unconscious or dead in a broader sense, but the core meaning is combat incapacitation.
戦せん
闘とう
不ふ
能のう
と
同おな
じ
扱あつか
い
だ
。
This status ailment is treated the same as being unable to fight.
Similar words 気き 絶ぜつ 気絶 means 'fainting' or 'losing consciousness' in general, while 戦闘不能 specifically refers to being unable to continue fighting, often in a game context.
死し 亡ぼう 死亡 means 'death' in a literal sense. 戦闘不能 can imply death in a game, but its core meaning is combat incapacitation, not necessarily permanent death.
Etymology Compound of 戦闘 (sentō, 'battle') and 不能 (funō, 'inability'). The term is a straightforward Sino-Japanese compound, likely coined in modern gaming contexts.
