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戦列 (senretsu) Japanese meaning: line of battle | Kotomora
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The soldiers formed their line of battle.
He was wounded and left the battle ranks.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 戦せん 列れつ に 加くわ わる for someone to join the fighting ranks/front
New soldiers joined the battle ranks.
〈 人ひと 〉 が 戦せん 列れつ を 離はな れる for someone to leave the fighting ranks/front
The wounded soldier left the front line.
〈 人ひと 〉 が 戦せん 列れつ に 復ふっ 帰き する for someone to return to the fighting ranks/front
He finished his treatment and returned to the front line.
Related words 前線 refers to the actual front line or battlefront itself, while 戦列 focuses on the arranged ranks or line of combatants within it.
戦線 denotes the broader war front or theater of combat, whereas 戦列 is the more specific formation or ranks of fighters themselves.
隊列 is a general formation or line used by any group, not necessarily for battle, while 戦列 is specifically a battle formation.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 戦, meaning battle or war, and 列, meaning line or row; the spelling directly reflects the sense of a battle line.
