Commonly used for competitions, contests, or confrontations in games, sports, and entertainment contexts. Less formal than 戦い.
今夜は人気歌手同士のバトルが見られる。
Tonight you can see a battle between popular singers.
I ended up having a battle with my rival.
ゲームで友達とバトルをした。
I had a battle with my friend in the game.
The two of them waged a fierce battle.
I won the battle in the final round.
He lost the final battle.
counter for occurrences; times · time; instance; occasion · inning (baseball); round; game · episode; chapter; installment · Hui (people) · Islam
mountain-pass street race
online argument; flame war
competitive eating contest; food battle
rap battle
battle royal · battle royale (genre)
Loanword from English 'battle'.