戦地(せんち) せんち noun battlefield; war zone; the front formalmilitaryhistory 1. battlefield; war zone; the front A place where a war is being fought, or the area soldiers are sent to during a war. 戦地(せんち)に赴(おもむ)く。 To go to the front. 祖父(そふ)は若(わか)い頃(ころ)、戦地(せんち)に送(おく)られた。 When he was young, my grandfather was sent to the front. 戦地(せんち)から届(とど)いた手紙(てがみ)が、今(いま)も大切(たいせつ)に保管(ほかん)されている。 The letters that arrived from the war zone are still carefully kept. 戦(せん) (war, battle) + 地(ち) (place).Common collocations戦地(せんち)に赴(おもむ)く / 向(む)かう: to go to the front戦地(せんち)から帰(かえ)る: to come back from the war戦地(せんち)取材(しゅざい): war reportingSimilar words戦場(せんじょう): the battlefield itself, where fighting takes place; 戦地(せんち) is the wider war zone soldiers are posted to前線(ぜんせん): the front lineWatch outセンチ (centimeter) has the same reading. Related Words Compare: 戦場(せんじょう) (the battlefield itself, where fighting…) Compare: 前線(ぜんせん) (the front line) general Added 2026.10.10 4:04 · Revised 2026.10.10 4:07 31500/31790_senchi