playing war (children's game)
Dated term for children's pretend war play, similar to 戦争ごっこ. Now mostly replaced by 戦争ごっこ or other expressions.
See also: 戦争ごっこ
Children in the old days used to play war games.
Standard kanji spelling for this dated children's game term.
Alternate kanji spelling using 軍 (army).
Compound of 戦 (いくさ, 'war, battle') and ごっこ (suffix for pretend play). The reading いくさ is an older native Japanese word for war.