戦せん死し

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戦死する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

death in battle; killed in action

Refers to dying in combat, typically for soldiers. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb (戦死する).

〈人ひと〉が戦せん死しするsomeone is killed in action
彼かれの祖そ父ふは太たい平へい洋よう戦せん争そうで戦せん死しした。
His grandfather was killed in action during the Pacific War.
〈場ば所しょ〉で戦せん死しするto be killed in action at a particular place
多おおくの兵へい士しがその島しまで戦せん死しした。
Many soldiers died in battle on that island.
戦せん死しを遂とげるto meet one's death in battle
彼かれは名めい誉よある戦せん死しを遂とげた。
He met an honorable death in battle.

戦せん没ぼつ
戦死 and 戦没 both mean dying in battle, but 戦没 is more formal and typically used in official contexts like war memorials.
死し亡ぼうN3
死亡 is the general, neutral word for death of any cause, while 戦死 specifically means dying in combat.
殉じゅん職しょく
戦死 refers specifically to dying in combat during a war, while 殉職 covers death while performing any official duty, combat or not.

生せい還かん
生還 means returning alive from battle, the opposite outcome to 戦死 (dying in battle).

病びょう死しN1
戦死 means dying in combat, while 病死 means dying of illness; both share the same '死' structure but differ in cause of death.
戦せん士し
戦死 (せんし) means 'death in battle' and is written with different kanji, so don't confuse it with 戦士 (せんし), 'warrior/soldier'.

Compound of 戦 (war, battle) and 死 (death).