冷戦

れいせん

cold war; the Cold War

What does 冷戦 mean?

冷戦 is a Japanese noun meaning cold war; the Cold War in English. It is written as 冷戦 in kanji, れいせん in hiragana, and reisen in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

冷戦はソビエトの崩壊と共に終わった。

The Cold War ended when the Soviet Union collapsed.