争う – Vocabulary details

争あらそう

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, う, intransitive)

1. to compete; to contest; to contend

2. to quarrel; to argue; to dispute; to be at variance; to oppose

3. to deny (e.g. evidence)

usu. in negative form

Alt. forms

争あらそう

93%

あらそう

Kanji used

争

conflict

Pitch accent

あ

らそ

う

Conjugations...Used in: 2853

Used in vocabulary (9 in total)

一いっ刻こくを争あらそう

to race against time

相あい争あらそう

to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves

一いち二にを争あらそう

to compete for the first place; to be one of the best

優ゆう勝しょうを争あらそう

to contend for victory

争あらそうべからざる

indisputable

功こうを争あらそう

to contend for distinction; to claim credit

分ふん秒びょうを争あらそう

to have no time to lose; to fight with every minute and every second

分わかれ争あらそう

to quarrel and separate

別わかれ争あらそう

to quarrel and separate

Examples (5 in total)

彼かれらは賞しょうを目め指ざして争あらそっている。

They are contending for the prize.

私わたしは争あらそうためにここにいるのではありません。

I'm not here to fight.

その囚しゅう人じん達たちはまるで狂きょう人じんのように互たがいに争あらそった。

The prisoners fought one another like so many mad people.