Word details
争う
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 争う.
Dictionary
Entry
1
to compete; to contest; to contend
Examples
１０チームが賞を得ようと争った。
Ten teams competed for the prize.
2
to quarrel; to argue; to dispute; to be at variance; to oppose
Examples
その囚人達はまるで狂人のように互いに争った。
The prisoners fought one another like so many mad people.
3
Usu. in negative form
to deny (e.g. evidence)
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
争
contend, dispute, argue
6 strokesFrequency 271JLPT N2Grade 4
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ソウ
Kun
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