争う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
あらそ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
爭う (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「争う
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
争う らそ
Imperative (命令形) 争え らそ
Key constructions
Passive 争われる らそわれ
Causative 争わせる らそわせ
Potential 争える らそえ
Volitional 争おう らそお
Negative 争わない らそわない
Negative perfective 争わなかった らそわなかった
Formal 争います らそいま
Perfective 争った らそった
Conjunctive 争って らそって
Hypothetical conditional 争えば らそえば

Verb

(あらそ) (arasouあらそふ (arasofu)?intransitive godan (stem (あらそ) (arasoi), past (あらそ)った (arasotta))

  1. compete, contest
    (ゆう)(しょう)(あらそ)っている
    yūshō o arasotte iru
    Competing for victory
  2. argue, dispute
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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
すま
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
爭う (kyūjitai)
抗う
拒う

Pronunciation

Verb

(すま) (sumauすまふ (sumafu)?intransitive godan (stem (すま) (sumai), past (すま)った (sumatta))

  1. to contend
  2. to resist
  3. to compete (in sumo, for example)
Conjugation
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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN