VocabJLPT N2
battle
Noun

Definitions

  1. 1. battle
This noun, borrowed from English, means a battle or fight, often used in the context of games, competitions, or action stories. It carries an exciting or dramatic nuance and is especially common in anime, manga, and gaming vocabulary.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

The family got into a little battle over what to have for dinner.

Sentence 2

If you let your subordinates battle it out, it'll tear the team apart.

Sentence 3

The judging on that cooking show feels like a battle every single time — it's so tense.

Sentence 4

Watching those two go at it is seriously giving me a stomachache!

Sentence 5

If we keep this battle going, nobody's going to come out ahead, right?