争う
N2あらそう arasou
- to dispute
- to argue
- to be at variance
- 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。
- 私は一等賞をめざして彼と争った。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"
}
}