第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん

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Meanings

Second World War; World War II; WWII

historical term

Historical term for the global conflict from 1939 to 1945. Often used in formal or educational contexts.

第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん中ちゅうに〈事こと〉〈something〉happened during World War II
第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん中ちゅうに多おおくの都と市しが空くう襲しゅうを受うけた。
Many cities were bombed during World War II.
第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せんが終おわるWorld War II ends
1945年ねんに第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せんが終おわった。
World War II ended in 1945.
第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん後ごに〈事こと〉〈something〉happened after World War II
第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん後ごに日本にほんは急きゅう速そくに復ふっ興こうした。
After World War II, Japan recovered rapidly.

太たい平へい洋よう戦せん争そう
第二次世界大戦 refers to World War II as a whole, while 太平洋戦争 specifically denotes the Pacific/East Asian theater of that war.

第だい一いち次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん
第一次世界大戦 refers to World War I (1914–1918), while 第二次世界大戦 refers to the later, larger conflict of 1939–1945; learners often mix up 第一次 and 第二次.
太たい平へい洋よう戦せん争そう
太平洋戦争 specifically denotes the Pacific theater (1941–1945) involving Japan and the US, whereas 第二次世界大戦 covers the entire global conflict including the European front.

第だい二に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん
Standard kanji spelling; high priority in news and frequency lists.
第だい２に次じ世せ界かい大たい戦せん
Variant using numeral ２ instead of 二; less common but seen in some contexts.

Compound of 第二次 (second) + 世界 (world) + 大戦 (great war), a straightforward calque from English 'Second World War'.