全ぜん面めん戦せん争そう

noun

total war; all-out war

Refers to warfare that mobilizes all of a nation's resources and blurs the line between military and civilian targets.

• 全ぜん面めん戦せん争そうになれば、民みん間かん人じんにも大おおきな被ひ害がいが出でる。

  If it becomes a total war, civilians will also suffer great damage.

• その国くには全ぜん面めん戦せん争そうの準じゅん備びを始はじめた。

  That country began preparations for an all-out war.