合戦

かっせん

battle, engagement

歌合戦

うたがっせん

singing matches

石合戦

いしがっせん いしかっせん

stone-throwing fight

雪合戦

ゆきがっせん

snowball fight

野合戦

のがっせん

battle in the open; battle on an open field

酒合戦

さけかっせん

drinking game

戦く

おののく

to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.), to shudder, to tremble

停戦合意

ていせんごうい

cease-fire agreement

弔い合戦

とむらいがっせん

battle of revenge

非難合戦

ひなんかっせん

(engaging in a round of) mutual criticism, repeated attacks on each other

乱売合戦

らんばいかっせん

price war, cutthroat competition

中傷合戦

ちゅうしょうかっせん

mud-slinging (e.g. in a political campaign), mud-slinging match, smear campaign, mud wrestle

陳情合戦

ちんじょうかっせん

competitive lobbying, rivalry in campaigning (for and against)

連合作戦

れんごうさくせん

combined operation

石山合戦

いしやまがっせん

Ishiyama Honganji War (1570-1580); Ishiyama War

合成戦略

ごうせいせんりゃく

synthesis strategy

応援合戦

おうえんがっせん

cheerleading competition; cheering contest

合戦絵巻

かっせんえまき

picture scroll depicting a famous battle

誘致合戦

ゆうちかっせん

rivalry over winning the right to host an event, competition to lure (attract, invite) (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality