拮抗

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Chinese

to resist; to fight; to defy
simp. and trad.
(拮抗) 		拮 抗

Etymology

Variant of 頡頏／颉颃 (xiéháng), probably via Japanese 拮(きっ)抗(こう) (kikkō).

Pronunciation

Verb

拮抗

  1. (pharmacology) to antagonise

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拮 抗
きつ > きっ
Hyōgai 		こう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
頡頏

Pronunciation

Noun

拮(きっ)抗(こう) • (kikkō) ←きつかう (kitukau)?

  1. rivalry

Verb

拮(きっ)抗(こう)する • (kikkō suru) intransitive suru (stem 拮(きっ)抗(こう)し (kikkō shi), past 拮(きっ)抗(こう)した (kikkō shita))

  1. rival, compete
    勢力(せいりょく)は拮抗(きっこう)している。
    Seiryoku wa kikkō shiteiru.
    Their powers rival one another.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "拮抗する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 拮抗し きっこうし kikkō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 拮抗し きっこうし kikkō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 拮抗する きっこうする kikkō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 拮抗する きっこうする kikkō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 拮抗すれ きっこうすれ kikkō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 拮抗せよ¹
拮抗しろ² 		きっこうせよ¹
きっこうしろ² 		kikkō seyo¹
kikkō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 拮抗される きっこうされる kikkō sareru
Causative 拮抗させる
拮抗さす 		きっこうさせる
きっこうさす 		kikkō saseru
kikkō sasu
Potential 拮抗できる きっこうできる kikkō dekiru
Volitional 拮抗しよう きっこうしよう kikkō shiyō
Negative 拮抗しない きっこうしない kikkō shinai
Negative continuative 拮抗せず きっこうせず kikkō sezu
Formal 拮抗します きっこうします kikkō shimasu
Perfective 拮抗した きっこうした kikkō shita
Conjunctive 拮抗して きっこうして kikkō shite
Hypothetical conditional 拮抗すれば きっこうすれば kikkō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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