戦せん中ちゅう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

during the war; wartime

Refers to the period while a war is ongoing, often used in historical or news contexts.

戦せん中ちゅうの記き録ろくを調しらべる。

I examine wartime records.

戦せん中ちゅうに〈動どう詞し〉to do something during the war
戦せん中ちゅうに多おおくの人ひとが家か族ぞくを失うしなった。
Many people lost family members during the war.

戦せん時じ中ちゅう
戦時中 is the more common everyday phrase for 'during the war,' while 戦中 is a slightly more compact, often written/historical term with the same meaning.

戦せん前ぜんN1
戦前 refers to the period before the war began, contrasting with 戦中, the period while the war was actually happening.
戦せん後ごN1
戦後 refers to the period after the war ended, contrasting with 戦中, the period while the war was still going on.

戦せん前ぜんN1
戦前 means the time before the war, whereas 戦中 means the time during the war, so learners must be careful not to mix up the two adjacent periods.
戦せん後ごN1
戦後 (after the war) and 戦中 (during the war) look similar and are easy to mix up when talking about historical periods.

Compound of 戦 (war) and 中 (during, in the middle of).