陣

Vocabulary (12)

• 論陣

  ろんじん

  (construction of an) argument

• 筆陣

  ひつじん

  (lineup of authors engaged in a) war of words

• ＡＢＣＤ包囲陣

  エービーシーディーほういじん

  ABCD encirclement (embargoes against Japan by America, Britain, China, and the Dutch starting in 1940)

• ラテン方陣

  ラテンほうじん

  Latin square

• 陣列

  じんれつ

  battle formation

• 戦闘陣地

  せんとうじんち

  battle position

• 陣羽織

  じんばおり

  battle surcoat

• 陣鉦

  じんがね

  bell or gong used to signal soldiers

• 陣幕

  じんまく

  camp enclosure

• 縦陣

  じゅうじん

  column

• 先陣争い

  せんじんあらそい

  competition (rivalry) to first (e.g. rider in a charge)

• 対陣

  たいじん

  confrontation of armies