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battleship in Japanese

battleship in Japanese is 戦艦, 海戦ゲーム — battleship means a large, heavily armoured warship carrying big guns, once the dominant class of naval vessel but now largely retired in favour of missile-armed ships.

battleship in Japanese

戦艦
noun
Pronounced: senkan
海戦ゲーム
noun
A guessing game played on grid paper; see Battleship (game).

What does "battleship" mean?

  1. noun A large, heavily armoured warship carrying big guns, once the dominant class of naval vessel but now largely retired in favour of missile-armed ships.
    "The museum ship is a decommissioned battleship from the Second World War."
  2. noun A grid-based guessing game in which players try to locate and sink each other's hidden ships.
    "We played battleship on paper during the long car journey."
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battleship in a sentence

  • The museum ship is a decommissioned battleship from the Second World War.
  • Building a battleship took enormous amounts of steel and manpower.
  • We played battleship on paper during the long car journey.

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What is "battleship" in Japanese?

"battleship" in Japanese is 戦艦, 海戦ゲーム. battleship means: A large, heavily armoured warship carrying big guns, once the dominant class of naval vessel but now largely retired in favour of missile-armed ships.

How do you pronounce 戦艦?

"battleship" in Japanese is 戦艦, pronounced "senkan".

How do you use "battleship" in a sentence?

Example: "The museum ship is a decommissioned battleship from the Second World War." In Japanese, "battleship" is 戦艦, 海戦ゲーム.

Are there other ways to say "battleship" in Japanese?

Yes — Japanese has 2 translations listed for "battleship": 戦艦, 海戦ゲーム.

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