"たたかう" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [ta̠ta̠ka̠ɯ̟]
Etymology: From the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) tataka of verb 叩く (tataku, “to strike”) + auxiliary verb ふ (fu, indicating repetitive or ongoing action) → “to strike repeatedly” → “to fight”. Head templates: {{ja-verb|hhira=たたかふ|type=1}} たたかう • (tatakau) ^(←たたかふ (tatakafu)?)godan (stem たたかい (tatakai), past たたかった (tatakatta)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|たたか|4-p}} Forms: tatakau [romanization], tatakafu [romanization], たたかい [stem], たたかった [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], たたかわ [error-unrecognized-form], tatakawa [error-unrecognized-form], たたかい [error-unrecognized-form], tatakai [error-unrecognized-form], たたかう [error-unrecognized-form], tatakau [error-unrecognized-form], たたかえ [error-unrecognized-form], tatakae [error-unrecognized-form], たたかわれる [passive], tatakawareru [passive], たたかわせる [causative], たたかわす [causative], tatakawaseru [causative], tatakawasu [causative], たたかえる [potential], tatakaeru [potential], たたかおう [volitional], tatakaō [volitional], たたかわない [negative], tatakawanai [negative], たたかわず [continuative, negative], tatakawazu [continuative, negative], たたかいます [formal], tatakaimasu [formal], たたかった [perfective], tatakatta [perfective], たたかって [conjunctive], tatakatte [conjunctive], たたかえば [conditional, hypothetical], tatakaeba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], たたかは [irrealis, stem], tatakafa [irrealis, stem], たたかひ [continuative, stem], tatakafi [continuative, stem], たたかふ [stem, terminative], tatakafu [stem, terminative], たたかふ [attributive, stem], tatakafu [attributive, stem], たたかへ [realis, stem], tatakafe [realis, stem], たたかへ [imperative, stem], tatakafe [imperative, stem], たたかはず [negative], tatakafazu [negative], たたかへど [contrastive], tatakafedo [contrastive], たたかへば [causative], tatakafeba [causative], たたかはば [conditional], tatakafaba [conditional], たたかひき [past], tatakafiki [past], たたかひけり [past], tatakafikeri [past], たたかひつ [perfect], tatakafitu [perfect], たたかひぬ [perfect], tatakafinu [perfect], たたかへり [continuative, perfect], たたかひたり [continuative, perfect], tatakaferi [continuative, perfect], tatakafitari [continuative, perfect], たたかはむ [volitional], tatakafamu [volitional]
  1. to battle, to fight, to wage war Synonyms: 戦争する
    Sense id: en-たたかう-ja-verb-pdzusUp2
  2. to compete (in a match, for example) Synonyms: 競争する, 試合する, 勝負する, 争う
    Sense id: en-たたかう-ja-verb-mnOiYEb~
  3. to contend (for one's own interests) Synonyms: 争う
    Sense id: en-たたかう-ja-verb-R6fAyF~3
  4. (figuratively) to get through with one's sufferings or difficulties Tags: figuratively Synonyms: 闘病する
    Sense id: en-たたかう-ja-verb-WElXKkHy Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 10 26 49 7 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 14 15 16 42 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 13 10 25 43 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 8 25 52 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 8 24 53 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 7 8 25 52 7 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 18 20 19 26 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 10 13 57 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 9 12 63 8
  5. (literally) to hit or strike repeatedly Tags: literally Synonyms: 乱打する
    Sense id: en-たたかう-ja-verb-nPUfmNTY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 戦い (tatakai) (ruby: (たたか)) (english: a fight, a battle), 闘構え (tatakaigamae) (ruby: (たたかい), (がま)) (english: the 鬥 enclosing radical, a component of certain kanji characters), 戦い取る (tatakaitoru) (ruby: (たたか), ()) (english: to take through fighting or battle), 戦い抜く (tatakainuku) (ruby: (たたか), ()) (english: to fight through to the end) Related terms: 格闘する (kakutō suru) (ruby: (かく), (とう)) (english: wrestle)

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "a fight, a battle",
      "roman": "tatakai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "戦",
          "たたか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "戦い"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "the 鬥 enclosing radical, a component of certain kanji characters",
      "roman": "tatakaigamae",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "闘",
          "たたかい"
        ],
        [
          "構",
          "がま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "闘構え"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to take through fighting or battle",
      "roman": "tatakaitoru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "戦",
          "たたか"
        ],
        [
          "取",
          "と"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "戦い取る"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to fight through to the end",
      "roman": "tatakainuku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "戦",
          "たたか"
        ],
        [
          "抜",
          "ぬ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "戦い抜く"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) tataka of verb 叩く (tataku, “to strike”) + auxiliary verb ふ (fu, indicating repetitive or ongoing action) → “to strike repeatedly” → “to fight”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tatakau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかい",
      "roman": "tatakai",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかった",
      "roman": "tatakatta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかは",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかはず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかへど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかへば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかはば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかひけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかへり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかひたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakaferi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかはむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "たたかふ",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "たたかう • (tatakau) ^(←たたかふ (tatakafu)?)godan (stem たたかい (tatakai), past たたかった (tatakatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "たたか",
        "2": "4-p"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "wrestle",
      "roman": "kakutō suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "格",
          "かく"
        ],
        [
          "闘",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "格闘する"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "But while he was battling this enemy, another had come up behind him.",
          "ref": "1916, Tetsuro Watsuji, Conversion:",
          "roman": "Shikashi kono teki to tatakatte iru aida ni, hoka no teki ga haigo e mawatte ita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "敵",
              "てき"
            ],
            [
              "戦",
              "たたか"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "あいだ"
            ],
            [
              "他",
              "ほか"
            ],
            [
              "敵",
              "てき"
            ],
            [
              "背",
              "はい"
            ],
            [
              "後",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "回",
              "まわ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "しかしこの敵と戦っている間に、他の敵が背後へ回っていた。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Yet he was not a weak soldier as a soldier fighting his own weakness.",
          "ref": "1922, Torahiko Terada, Clear Reminiscence:",
          "roman": "Shikashi jibun no yowasa to tatakau senshi toshite wa kesshite yowakunakatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぶん"
            ],
            [
              "弱",
              "よわ"
            ],
            [
              "戦",
              "たたか"
            ],
            [
              "戦",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "士",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "決",
              "けっ"
            ],
            [
              "弱",
              "よわ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "しかし自分の弱さと戦う戦士としては決して弱くなかった。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to battle, to fight, to wage war"
      ],
      "id": "en-たたかう-ja-verb-pdzusUp2",
      "links": [
        [
          "battle",
          "battle"
        ],
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ],
        [
          "wage",
          "wage"
        ],
        [
          "war",
          "war"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "戦争する"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to compete (in a match, for example)"
      ],
      "id": "en-たたかう-ja-verb-mnOiYEb~",
      "links": [
        [
          "compete",
          "compete"
        ],
        [
          "match",
          "match"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "競争する"
        },
        {
          "word": "試合する"
        },
        {
          "word": "勝負する"
        },
        {
          "word": "争う"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to contend (for one's own interests)"
      ],
      "id": "en-たたかう-ja-verb-R6fAyF~3",
      "links": [
        [
          "contend",
          "contend"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "争う"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 10 26 49 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 15 16 42 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 10 25 43 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 25 52 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 24 53 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 8 25 52 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 20 19 26 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 13 57 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 12 63 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Patients suffering from difficult diseases and their family cannot be afforded necessary nursing support services even if they wish to live at home.",
          "ref": "““重度訪問介護制度” で自宅で暮らしたい ALS患者たちの願い”, in NHK首都圏ナビ, Nihon Hoso Kyokai, 2022 February 10, archived from the original on 2022-04-17",
          "roman": "Nanbyō to tatakau kanja ya sono kazoku ga jitaku de seikatsu shitai to negattemo, hitsuyō na kaigo no shien sābisu ga ukerarenai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "難",
              "なん"
            ],
            [
              "病",
              "びょう"
            ],
            [
              "患",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "じゃ"
            ],
            [
              "家",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "族",
              "ぞく"
            ],
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "宅",
              "たく"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "活",
              "かつ"
            ],
            [
              "願",
              "ねが"
            ],
            [
              "必",
              "ひつ"
            ],
            [
              "要",
              "よう"
            ],
            [
              "介",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "護",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "支",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "援",
              "えん"
            ],
            [
              "受",
              "う"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "難病とたたかう患者やその家族が自宅で生活したいと願っても、必要な介護の支援サービスが受けられない。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to get through with one's sufferings or difficulties"
      ],
      "id": "en-たたかう-ja-verb-WElXKkHy",
      "links": [
        [
          "suffering",
          "suffering"
        ],
        [
          "difficulties",
          "difficulty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) to get through with one's sufferings or difficulties"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "闘病する"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to hit or strike repeatedly"
      ],
      "id": "en-たたかう-ja-verb-nPUfmNTY",
      "links": [
        [
          "hit",
          "hit"
        ],
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
        [
          "repeatedly",
          "repeatedly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) to hit or strike repeatedly"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "乱打する"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "たたかう"
    },
    {
      "other": "たたかう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ta̠ta̠ka̠ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "たたかう"
}
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    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "a fight, a battle",
      "roman": "tatakai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "戦",
          "たたか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "戦い"
    },
    {
      "english": "the 鬥 enclosing radical, a component of certain kanji characters",
      "roman": "tatakaigamae",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "闘",
          "たたかい"
        ],
        [
          "構",
          "がま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "闘構え"
    },
    {
      "english": "to take through fighting or battle",
      "roman": "tatakaitoru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "戦",
          "たたか"
        ],
        [
          "取",
          "と"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "戦い取る"
    },
    {
      "english": "to fight through to the end",
      "roman": "tatakainuku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "戦",
          "たたか"
        ],
        [
          "抜",
          "ぬ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "戦い抜く"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete form”) tataka of verb 叩く (tataku, “to strike”) + auxiliary verb ふ (fu, indicating repetitive or ongoing action) → “to strike repeatedly” → “to fight”.",
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    {
      "form": "tatakau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかい",
      "roman": "tatakai",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかった",
      "roman": "tatakatta",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかは",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかひ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかふ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかへ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかはず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかへど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかへば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかはば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかひき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかひけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかひつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかひぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかへり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかひたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakaferi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "たたかはむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatakafamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "hhira": "たたかふ",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "たたかう • (tatakau) ^(←たたかふ (tatakafu)?)godan (stem たたかい (tatakai), past たたかった (tatakatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "たたか",
        "2": "4-p"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "wrestle",
      "roman": "kakutō suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "格",
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        ],
        [
          "闘",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "格闘する"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "But while he was battling this enemy, another had come up behind him.",
          "ref": "1916, Tetsuro Watsuji, Conversion:",
          "roman": "Shikashi kono teki to tatakatte iru aida ni, hoka no teki ga haigo e mawatte ita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "敵",
              "てき"
            ],
            [
              "戦",
              "たたか"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "あいだ"
            ],
            [
              "他",
              "ほか"
            ],
            [
              "敵",
              "てき"
            ],
            [
              "背",
              "はい"
            ],
            [
              "後",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "回",
              "まわ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "しかしこの敵と戦っている間に、他の敵が背後へ回っていた。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Yet he was not a weak soldier as a soldier fighting his own weakness.",
          "ref": "1922, Torahiko Terada, Clear Reminiscence:",
          "roman": "Shikashi jibun no yowasa to tatakau senshi toshite wa kesshite yowakunakatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぶん"
            ],
            [
              "弱",
              "よわ"
            ],
            [
              "戦",
              "たたか"
            ],
            [
              "戦",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "士",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "決",
              "けっ"
            ],
            [
              "弱",
              "よわ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "しかし自分の弱さと戦う戦士としては決して弱くなかった。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to battle, to fight, to wage war"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "battle",
          "battle"
        ],
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ],
        [
          "wage",
          "wage"
        ],
        [
          "war",
          "war"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "戦争する"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to compete (in a match, for example)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "compete",
          "compete"
        ],
        [
          "match",
          "match"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "競争する"
        },
        {
          "word": "試合する"
        },
        {
          "word": "勝負する"
        },
        {
          "word": "争う"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to contend (for one's own interests)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contend",
          "contend"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "争う"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Patients suffering from difficult diseases and their family cannot be afforded necessary nursing support services even if they wish to live at home.",
          "ref": "““重度訪問介護制度” で自宅で暮らしたい ALS患者たちの願い”, in NHK首都圏ナビ, Nihon Hoso Kyokai, 2022 February 10, archived from the original on 2022-04-17",
          "roman": "Nanbyō to tatakau kanja ya sono kazoku ga jitaku de seikatsu shitai to negattemo, hitsuyō na kaigo no shien sābisu ga ukerarenai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "難",
              "なん"
            ],
            [
              "病",
              "びょう"
            ],
            [
              "患",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "者",
              "じゃ"
            ],
            [
              "家",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "族",
              "ぞく"
            ],
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "宅",
              "たく"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "活",
              "かつ"
            ],
            [
              "願",
              "ねが"
            ],
            [
              "必",
              "ひつ"
            ],
            [
              "要",
              "よう"
            ],
            [
              "介",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "護",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "支",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "援",
              "えん"
            ],
            [
              "受",
              "う"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "難病とたたかう患者やその家族が自宅で生活したいと願っても、必要な介護の支援サービスが受けられない。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to get through with one's sufferings or difficulties"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "suffering",
          "suffering"
        ],
        [
          "difficulties",
          "difficulty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) to get through with one's sufferings or difficulties"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "闘病する"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to hit or strike repeatedly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hit",
          "hit"
        ],
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
        [
          "repeatedly",
          "repeatedly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally) to hit or strike repeatedly"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "乱打する"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "たたかう"
    },
    {
      "other": "たたかう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ta̠ta̠ka̠ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "たたかう"
}

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  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
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  "title": "たたかう",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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  "title": "たたかう",
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}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
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  "title": "たたかう",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
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  "title": "たたかう",
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}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
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  "title": "たたかう",
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}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "たたかう"
  ],
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  "title": "たたかう",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
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  "title": "たたかう",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "たたかう"
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  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "たたかう",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.