苦戦

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
苦 戦
く
Grade: 3 		せん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
苦戰 (kyūjitai)

Noun

苦(く)戦(せん) • (kusen) 

  1. close fight

Verb

苦(く)戦(せん)する • (kusen suru) suru (stem 苦(く)戦(せん)し (kusen shi), past 苦(く)戦(せん)した (kusen shita))

  1. to have a tight fight

Conjugation

Conjugation of "苦戦する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 苦戦し くせんし kusen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 苦戦し くせんし kusen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 苦戦する くせんする kusen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 苦戦する くせんする kusen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 苦戦すれ くせんすれ kusen sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 苦戦せよ¹
苦戦しろ² 		くせんせよ¹
くせんしろ² 		kusen seyo¹
kusen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 苦戦される くせんされる kusen sareru
Causative 苦戦させる
苦戦さす 		くせんさせる
くせんさす 		kusen saseru
kusen sasu
Potential 苦戦できる くせんできる kusen dekiru
Volitional 苦戦しよう くせんしよう kusen shiyō
Negative 苦戦しない くせんしない kusen shinai
Negative continuative 苦戦せず くせんせず kusen sezu
Formal 苦戦します くせんします kusen shimasu
Perfective 苦戦した くせんした kusen shita
Conjunctive 苦戦して くせんして kusen shite
Hypothetical conditional 苦戦すれば くせんすれば kusen sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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