混こん戦せん

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混戦する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	混こん戦せんする	混こん戦せんしない
Polite	混こん戦せんします	混こん戦せんしません
Past polite	混こん戦せんしました	混こん戦せんしませんでした
Past	混こん戦せんした	混こん戦せんしなかった
Te-form	混こん戦せんして	混こん戦せんしないで
Desire	混こん戦せんしたい	混こん戦せんしたくない
Potential	混こん戦せんできる	混こん戦せんできない
Passive	混こん戦せんされる	混こん戦せんされない
Causative	混こん戦せんさせる	混こん戦せんさせない
Causative passive	混こん戦せんさせられる	混こん戦せんさせられない
Volitional	混こん戦せんしよう
Polite volitional	混こん戦せんしましょう
Imperative	混こん戦せんしろ	混こん戦せんするな
Conditional	混こん戦せんすれば	混こん戦せんしなければ
Tara conditional	混こん戦せんしたら	混こん戦せんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

confused fight; melee; free-for-all

Describes a chaotic physical fight or battle where many participants are mixed up. Can also be used figuratively for a disordered scramble.

試し合あいは最さい後ごまで混こん戦せんが続つづいた。
The match remained a confused scramble until the end.
乱らん闘とうで会かい場じょうは大だい混こん戦せんになった。
The venue turned into a huge melee with the brawl.

noun

close contest; tight race

Used for competitions, elections, or races where many participants are closely matched and the outcome is hard to predict. Often appears as 混戦模様 or 大混戦.

選せん挙きょ戦せんは最さい後ごまで混こん戦せんだった。
The election campaign was a close contest right to the end.
今年ことしの新しん人じん賞しょうは混こん戦せん模も様ようだ。
This year's rookie-of-the-year award is a tight race.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が混こん戦せんになるfor a fight/contest to turn into a chaotic melee or tight race
選せん挙きょは最さい後ごまで混こん戦せんになった。
The election turned into a tight, unpredictable race right to the end.
混こん戦せんを勝かち抜ぬくto fight one's way through a chaotic scramble to win
彼かれは混こん戦せんを勝かち抜ぬいて優ゆう勝しょうした。
He fought his way through the chaotic race and won the championship.
混こん戦せんを制せいするto come out on top in a close, chaotic contest
終しゅう盤ばんの混こん戦せんを制せいしたのは彼かれのチームだった。
It was his team that came out on top in the chaotic final stretch.
混こん戦せんの中なかでin the midst of the confused fighting/scramble
混こん戦せんの中なかで彼かれは冷れい静せいさを保たもった。
In the midst of the chaotic scramble, he kept his composure.

Kanji

混mix, blend, confuse
戦war, battle, match

Related words

乱らん戦せん sense 1
乱戦 stresses a wild, disorderly fight, while 混戦 focuses on the confusion of many participants being mixed together and can also describe a close contest.
接せっ戦せん sense 2
接戦 simply means the scores or positions are very close, whereas 混戦 also implies a chaotic scramble with many contenders mixed together.
激げき戦せん sense 1
激戦 highlights a fierce, hard-fought struggle, while 混戦 emphasizes the disorder or unpredictability of a scramble among many participants.
戦せん国ごく
混戦 describes a single chaotic, closely contested battle or match, while 戦国 (in its figurative sense) likens an entire competitive field to a battlefield of many strong rivals.

Don't confuse with

混こん線せん
混戦 (a chaotic fight or close contest) sounds identical to 混線 (a crossed telephone line or mixed-up communication), but the meanings are unrelated.

Etymology

Compound of 混 (kon, 'mix, confuse') and 戦 (sen, 'battle, fight'). The meaning 'close contest' developed from the image of many competitors being jumbled together in a tight race.