冷戦(れいせん)

れいせん
noun
cold war; frosty standoff
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1. cold war; frosty standoff
The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, and by extension any hostile standoff without open fighting, including a quarrel in which two people stop speaking to each other.
冷戦(れいせん)は1991年(ねん)に終(お)わった。
The Cold War ended in 1991.
両国(りょうこく)の関係(かんけい)は新(あたら)しい冷戦(れいせん)とも言(い)われている。
Relations between the two countries are being called a new cold war.
夫婦(ふうふ)喧嘩(げんか)のあと、二人(ふたり)は三日間(みっかかん)冷戦(れいせん)状態(じょうたい)だった。
After their fight, the couple gave each other the silent treatment for three days.

Used both for the historical Cold War and, casually, for two people who are not speaking after a fight.

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Related: 戦争(せんそう) (war)
Related: 喧嘩(けんか) (quarrel, fight)
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