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争あらそう

N2
あらそう arasou
  1. to dispute
  2. to argue
  3. to be at variance
  4. to compete
godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

争夺;争论

Examples

  • 10チームが賞を得ようと争った。
    Ten teams competed for the prize.
    十支队伍争夺奖项。
  • 私わたしは一いっ等とう賞しょうをめざして彼かれと争あらそった。
    I competed with him for the first prize.
    我和他争夺第一名。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('2c37f1e65a'); // 争う
{
  "id": "2c37f1e65a",
  "word": "争う",
  "reading": "あらそう",
  "romaji": "arasou",
  "meanings": [
    "to dispute",
    "to argue",
    "to be at variance",
    "to compete"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v5u",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1400620,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "10チームが賞を得ようと争った。",
      "en": "Ten teams competed for the prize.",
      "tatoeba_id": 236092
    },
    {
      "ja": "私は一等賞をめざして彼と争った。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}は{一等賞|いっとうしょう}をめざして{彼|かれ}と{争|あらそ}った。",
      "en": "I competed with him for the first prize.",
      "tatoeba_id": 158440
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "6dfbc874d488c2a0b72428ebbc121bc6ec7d6485b86cb316efe1350b94679d54",
    "meanings": [
      "争夺",
      "争论"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "10チームが賞を得ようと争った。",
        "zh": "十支队伍争夺奖项。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "私は一等賞をめざして彼と争った。",
        "zh": "我和他争夺第一名。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/2c37f1e65a",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1400620; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "3103f30d6e6143ca50c26c62c437ec07d80b0590d2016ef1a866dff7b94abcb5"
  }
}