Japanese symbol for “seasoned”
歴戦
れきせん
Romaji: rekisen
veteran (e.g. soldier); battle-hardened; seasoned; (of) long military service
In Japanese, seasoned is 歴戦, read れきせん (rekisen).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n veteran (e.g. soldier); battle-hardened; seasoned; (of) long military service
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “seasoned”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老巧 | ろうこう roukou | experienced; seasoned; veteran |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歴史 | れきし rekishi | history |
| 経歴 | けいれき keireki | personal history; background; career |
| 学歴 | がくれき gakureki | academic background; academic credentials; academic record |
| 歴代 | れきだい rekidai | successive generations; successive emperors |
| 履歴 | りれき rireki | personal history; background; career |
| 歴任 | れきにん rekinin | successive jobs; consecutive jobs |
| 戦争 | せんそう sensou | war |
| 戦い | たたかい tatakai | battle; war; fight |
See also: Chinese symbol for “seasoned”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.