内ない戦せん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Refers to an armed conflict between factions within the same country. Neutral, factual term used in news and historical contexts.

〈場ば所しょ〉で内ない戦せんが起おこるfor a civil war to break out in a place
その国くにで内ない戦せんが起おこり、多おおくの市し民みんが避ひ難なんした。
Civil war broke out in that country, and many citizens fled.
内ない戦せんが続つづくfor a civil war to continue/drag on
その地ち域いきでは内ない戦せんが十じゅう年ねん以い上じょう続つづいている。
The civil war has been going on for over ten years in that region.
内ない戦せんに発はっ展てんするto escalate into a civil war
政せい治じ的てきな対たい立りつがついに内ない戦せんに発はっ展てんした。
The political conflict eventually escalated into a civil war.
内ない戦せんを終おわらせるto end a civil war
国こく連れんが仲ちゅう介かいして内ない戦せんを終おわらせようとした。
The UN tried to mediate and end the civil war.

内ない乱らんN1
内乱 is a broader term for internal strife or insurrection that may not amount to full warfare, while 内戦 specifically means an organized armed civil war.
紛ふん争そうN1
紛争 is a general word for a dispute or conflict that can be domestic or international and need not involve sustained fighting, whereas 内戦 specifically denotes a civil war.
動どう乱らんN1
動乱 emphasizes social and political upheaval or unrest, while 内戦 specifically refers to organized armed fighting between factions in a country.
戦せん国ごく
内戦 names the event of civil war itself, while 戦国 describes the resulting state of a country torn apart by such fighting.

世せ界かい大たい戦せん
世界大戦 is a war spanning many countries worldwide, while 内戦 refers to a civil war fought within a single country.

Compound of 内 (inside, within) and 戦 (war, battle). The term is a straightforward Sino-Japanese word meaning 'internal war'.