"悪戦苦闘" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [a̠kɯ̟sẽ̞ŋkɯ̟to̞ː] Forms: 悪戦苦闘 [canonical] (ruby: (あく), (せん), (), (とう)), akusenkutō [romanization], 惡戰苦鬭 [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai]
Etymology: 悪(あく)戦(せん) (akusen) + 苦(く)闘(とう) (kutō) Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|悪%戦|あく%せん|苦%闘|く%とう}} 悪(あく)戦(せん) (akusen) + 苦(く)闘(とう) (kutō) Head templates: {{ja-noun|あくせんくとう}} 悪(あく)戦(せん)苦(く)闘(とう) • (akusenkutō)
  1. hard fighting
    Sense id: en-悪戦苦闘-ja-noun-6NCwisvR Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 4 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 40 7 41 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 42 6 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 4 kanji: 18 31 13 38
  2. (figurative) expending great effort; fighting an uphill battle Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-悪戦苦闘-ja-noun-kaOfO3~I Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 4 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 48 4 42 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 40 7 41 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 42 6 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 4 kanji: 18 31 13 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 5 42 2 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 44 5 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 9 44 6 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 50 3 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 51 3 43

Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [a̠kɯ̟sẽ̞ŋkɯ̟to̞ː]
Etymology: 悪(あく)戦(せん) (akusen) + 苦(く)闘(とう) (kutō) Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|悪%戦|あく%せん|苦%闘|く%とう}} 悪(あく)戦(せん) (akusen) + 苦(く)闘(とう) (kutō) Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|あくせんくとう}} 悪(あく)戦(せん)苦(く)闘(とう)する • (akusenkutō suru) suru (stem 悪(あく)戦(せん)苦(く)闘(とう)し (akusenkutō shi), past 悪(あく)戦(せん)苦(く)闘(とう)した (akusenkutō shita)) Forms: 悪戦苦闘する suru [canonical] (ruby: (あく), (せん), (), (とう)), akusenkutō suru [romanization], 悪戦苦闘し [stem] (ruby: (あく), (せん), (), (とう)), 悪戦苦闘した [past] (ruby: (あく), (せん), (), (とう)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 悪戦苦闘し [error-unrecognized-form], あくせんくとうし [error-unrecognized-form], akusenkutō shi [error-unrecognized-form], 悪戦苦闘する [error-unrecognized-form], あくせんくとうする [error-unrecognized-form], akusenkutō suru [error-unrecognized-form], 悪戦苦闘すれ [error-unrecognized-form], あくせんくとうすれ [error-unrecognized-form], akusenkutō sure [error-unrecognized-form], 悪戦苦闘せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 悪戦苦闘しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], あくせんくとうせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], あくせんくとうしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], akusenkutō seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], akusenkutō shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 悪戦苦闘される [passive], あくせんくとうされる [passive], akusenkutō sareru [passive], 悪戦苦闘させる [causative], 悪戦苦闘さす [causative], あくせんくとうさせる [causative], あくせんくとうさす [causative], akusenkutō saseru [causative], akusenkutō sasu [causative], 悪戦苦闘できる [potential], あくせんくとうできる [potential], akusenkutō dekiru [potential], 悪戦苦闘しよう [volitional], あくせんくとうしよう [volitional], akusenkutō shiyō [volitional], 悪戦苦闘しない [negative], あくせんくとうしない [negative], akusenkutō shinai [negative], 悪戦苦闘せず [continuative, negative], あくせんくとうせず [continuative, negative], akusenkutō sezu [continuative, negative], 悪戦苦闘します [formal], あくせんくとうします [formal], akusenkutō shimasu [formal], 悪戦苦闘した [perfective], あくせんくとうした [perfective], akusenkutō shita [perfective], 悪戦苦闘して [conjunctive], あくせんくとうして [conjunctive], akusenkutō shite [conjunctive], 悪戦苦闘すれば [conditional, hypothetical], あくせんくとうすれば [conditional, hypothetical], akusenkutō sureba [conditional, hypothetical], 惡戰苦鬭 [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai]
  1. to fight hard
    Sense id: en-悪戦苦闘-ja-verb-rZczLWHD Categories (other): Japanese terms with 4 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 4 kanji: 18 31 13 38
  2. (figurative) to expend great effort; to fight an uphill battle Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-悪戦苦闘-ja-verb-vUPP2JoR Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 4 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 48 4 42 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 40 7 41 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 42 6 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 18 31 14 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 4 kanji: 18 31 13 38 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 5 42 2 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 44 5 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 9 44 6 41 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 23 25 19 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 50 3 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 51 3 43
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        ],
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        [
          "uphill battle",
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      "form": "悪戦苦闘し",
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      "form": "akusenkutō suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
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      "form": "悪戦苦闘しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
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    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperative",
        "literary"
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    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
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    {
      "form": "akusenkutō sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "akusenkutō saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
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    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "akusenkutō dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘しよう",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうしよう",
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      "tags": [
        "volitional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō shiyō",
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      "tags": [
        "volitional"
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    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうせず",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō sezu",
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        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘します",
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    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうします",
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    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō shimasu",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘した",
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      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうした",
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    {
      "form": "akusenkutō shita",
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    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘して",
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    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうして",
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    {
      "form": "akusenkutō shite",
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      "form": "悪戦苦闘すれば",
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    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうすれば",
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      "form": "akusenkutō sureba",
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      "form": "惡戰苦鬭",
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        "kyūjitai"
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        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 42 2 51",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "9 44 5 42",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 44 6 41",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 25 19 34",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 50 3 42",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 51 3 43",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to expend great effort; to fight an uphill battle"
      ],
      "id": "en-悪戦苦闘-ja-verb-vUPP2JoR",
      "links": [
        [
          "expend",
          "expend"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ],
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ],
        [
          "uphill battle",
          "uphill battle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to expend great effort; to fight an uphill battle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あくせんくとー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠kɯ̟sẽ̞ŋkɯ̟to̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "悪戦苦闘"
}
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    "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 悪 read as あく",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 戦 read as せん",
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      "args": {
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        "4": "く%とう"
      },
      "expansion": "悪(あく)戦(せん) (akusen) + 苦(く)闘(とう) (kutō)",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "悪",
          "あく"
        ],
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          "戦",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "苦",
          "く"
        ],
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          "闘",
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        ]
      ],
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    },
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      "form": "akusenkutō",
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        "romanization"
      ]
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      "form": "惡戰苦鬭",
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        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "hard fighting"
      ],
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        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "fighting",
          "fighting"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "expending great effort; fighting an uphill battle"
      ],
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        [
          "expend",
          "expend"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ],
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          "fight",
          "fight"
        ],
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          "uphill battle",
          "uphill battle"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figurative) expending great effort; fighting an uphill battle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "あくせんくとー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠kɯ̟sẽ̞ŋkɯ̟to̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "悪戦苦闘"
}

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    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
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    "Japanese terms spelled with 戦 read as せん",
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      "args": {
        "1": "悪%戦",
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      "expansion": "悪(あく)戦(せん) (akusen) + 苦(く)闘(とう) (kutō)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "悪(あく)戦(せん) (akusen) + 苦(く)闘(とう) (kutō)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘する suru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "悪",
          "あく"
        ],
        [
          "戦",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "苦",
          "く"
        ],
        [
          "闘",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘し",
      "roman": "akusenkutō shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "悪",
          "あく"
        ],
        [
          "戦",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "苦",
          "く"
        ],
        [
          "闘",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘した",
      "roman": "akusenkutō shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "悪",
          "あく"
        ],
        [
          "戦",
          "せん"
        ],
        [
          "苦",
          "く"
        ],
        [
          "闘",
          "とう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "悪戦苦闘すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あくせんくとうすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "akusenkutō sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "惡戰苦鬭",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "あくせんくとう"
      },
      "expansion": "悪(あく)戦(せん)苦(く)闘(とう)する • (akusenkutō suru) suru (stem 悪(あく)戦(せん)苦(く)闘(とう)し (akusenkutō shi), past 悪(あく)戦(せん)苦(く)闘(とう)した (akusenkutō shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to fight hard"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to expend great effort; to fight an uphill battle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expend",
          "expend"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ],
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ],
        [
          "uphill battle",
          "uphill battle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to expend great effort; to fight an uphill battle"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あくせんくとー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠kɯ̟sẽ̞ŋkɯ̟to̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "悪戦苦闘"
}

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