争う

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あらそ​う [àrásóꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɾa̠so̞ɯ̟ᵝ]
  • 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 あらそ​う [àrásóꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 争え あらそ​え [àrásóꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 争われる あらそわれ​る [àrásówáréꜜrù]
Causative 争わせる あらそわせ​る [àrásówáséꜜrù]
Potential 争える あらそえ​る [àrásóéꜜrù]
Volitional 争おう あらそお​ー [àrásóóꜜò]
Negative 争わない あらそわ​ない [àrásówáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 争わなかった あらそわ​なかった [àrásówáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 争います あらそいま​す [àrásóímáꜜsù]
Perfective 争った あらそ​った [àrásóꜜttà]
Conjunctive 争って あらそ​って [àrásóꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 争えば あらそ​えば [àrásóꜜèbà]

Verb

争(あらそ)う • (arasou) ←あらそふ (arasofu)?intransitive godan (stem 争(あらそ)い (arasoi), past 争(あらそ)った (arasotta))

  1. compete, contest
    優(ゆう)勝(しょう)を争(あらそ)っている
    yūshō o arasotte iru
    Competing for victory
  2. argue, dispute
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝma̠ɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

争(すま)う • (sumau) ←すまふ (sumafu)?intransitive godan (stem 争(すま)い (sumai), past 争(すま)った (sumatta))

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

References

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