"争う" meaning in Japanese

See 争う in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [a̠ɾa̠so̞ɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|あらそう|hhira=あらそふ|tr=intrans|type=1}} 争(あらそ)う • (arasou) ^(←あらそふ (arasofu)?)intransitive godan (stem 争(あらそ)い (arasoi), past 争(あらそ)った (arasotta)) Forms: 争う [canonical] (ruby: (あらそ)), arasou [romanization], arasofu [romanization], 争い [stem] (ruby: (あらそ)), 争った [past] (ruby: (あらそ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 争わ [error-unrecognized-form], あらそわ [error-unrecognized-form], arasowa [error-unrecognized-form], 争い [error-unrecognized-form], あらそい [error-unrecognized-form], arasoi [error-unrecognized-form], 争う [error-unrecognized-form], あらそう [error-unrecognized-form], arasou [error-unrecognized-form], 争え [error-unrecognized-form], あらそえ [error-unrecognized-form], arasoe [error-unrecognized-form], 争われる [passive], あらそわれる [passive], arasowareru [passive], 争わせる [causative], 争わす [causative], あらそわせる [causative], あらそわす [causative], arasowaseru [causative], arasowasu [causative], 争える [potential], あらそえる [potential], arasoeru [potential], 争おう [volitional], あらそおう [volitional], arasoō [volitional], 争わない [negative], あらそわない [negative], arasowanai [negative], 争わず [continuative, negative], あらそわず [continuative, negative], arasowazu [continuative, negative], 争います [formal], あらそいます [formal], arasoimasu [formal], 争った [perfective], あらそった [perfective], arasotta [perfective], 争って [conjunctive], あらそって [conjunctive], arasotte [conjunctive], 争えば [conditional, hypothetical], あらそえば [conditional, hypothetical], arasoeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. compete, contest
    Sense id: en-争う-ja-verb-UK1XPA72
  2. argue, dispute
    Sense id: en-争う-ja-verb--tADWbGp 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 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, 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: 17 36 20 13 15 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 19 29 16 18 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 12 60 8 10 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 10 67 6 9 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 68 6 9 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 17 37 13 18 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 14 49 10 14 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 71 5 8 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 60 7 11 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 69 6 9 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 言い争う (iiarasou) (ruby: (), (あらそ)) (english: altercate, quarrel, squabble), 争えない (arasoenai) (ruby: (あらそ)) (english: inarguable) Related terms: 争い (arasoi) (ruby: (あらそ)) (english: conflict, fight)
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [sɨma̠ɯ̟]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|すまう|hhira=すまふ|tr=intrans|type=1}} 争(すま)う • (sumau) ^(←すまふ (sumafu)?)intransitive godan (stem 争(すま)い (sumai), past 争(すま)った (sumatta)) Forms: 争う [canonical] (ruby: (すま)), sumau [romanization], sumafu [romanization], 争い [stem] (ruby: (すま)), 争った [past] (ruby: (すま)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 争わ [error-unrecognized-form], すまわ [error-unrecognized-form], sumawa [error-unrecognized-form], 争い [error-unrecognized-form], すまい [error-unrecognized-form], sumai [error-unrecognized-form], 争う [error-unrecognized-form], すまう [error-unrecognized-form], sumau [error-unrecognized-form], 争え [error-unrecognized-form], すまえ [error-unrecognized-form], sumae [error-unrecognized-form], 争われる [passive], すまわれる [passive], sumawareru [passive], 争わせる [causative], 争わす [causative], すまわせる [causative], すまわす [causative], sumawaseru [causative], sumawasu [causative], 争える [potential], すまえる [potential], sumaeru [potential], 争おう [volitional], すまおう [volitional], sumaō [volitional], 争わない [negative], すまわない [negative], sumawanai [negative], 争わず [continuative, negative], すまわず [continuative, negative], sumawazu [continuative, negative], 争います [formal], すまいます [formal], sumaimasu [formal], 争った [perfective], すまった [perfective], sumatta [perfective], 争って [conjunctive], すまって [conjunctive], sumatte [conjunctive], 争えば [conditional, hypothetical], すまえば [conditional, hypothetical], sumaeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to contend
    Sense id: en-争う-ja-verb-KYbaqGWJ
  2. to resist
    Sense id: en-争う-ja-verb-445Qeq6x
  3. to compete (in sumo, for example)
    Sense id: en-争う-ja-verb-DctYvwvh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 相撲 (sumō) (ruby: (), (もう)) (english: sumo)
Etymology number: 2
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "altercate, quarrel, squabble",
      "roman": "iiarasou",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "言",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "争",
          "あらそ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "言い争う"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "inarguable",
      "roman": "arasoenai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "争",
          "あらそ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "争えない"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "争う",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "争",
          "あらそ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arasou",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arasofu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争い",
      "roman": "arasoi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "争",
          "あらそ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争った",
      "roman": "arasotta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "争",
          "あらそ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あらそわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arasowa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あらそい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arasoi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あらそう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arasou",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あらそえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arasoe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あらそわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arasowareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あらそわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あらそわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arasowaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arasowasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あらそえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arasoeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あらそおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arasoō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あらそわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arasowanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あらそわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arasowazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あらそいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arasoimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あらそった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arasotta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あらそって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arasotte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あらそえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arasoeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あらそう",
        "hhira": "あらそふ",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "争(あらそ)う • (arasou) ^(←あらそふ (arasofu)?)intransitive godan (stem 争(あらそ)い (arasoi), past 争(あらそ)った (arasotta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "conflict, fight",
      "roman": "arasoi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "争",
          "あらそ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "争い"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Competing for victory",
          "roman": "yūshō o arasotte iru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "優",
              "ゆう"
            ],
            [
              "勝",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "争",
              "あらそ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "優勝を争っている",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "compete, contest"
      ],
      "id": "en-争う-ja-verb-UK1XPA72",
      "links": [
        [
          "compete",
          "compete"
        ],
        [
          "contest",
          "contest"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 36 20 13 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 29 16 18 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 60 8 10 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 67 6 9 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 68 6 9 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 37 13 18 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 49 10 14 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 71 5 8 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 60 7 11 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 69 6 9 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "argue, dispute"
      ],
      "id": "en-争う-ja-verb--tADWbGp",
      "links": [
        [
          "argue",
          "argue"
        ],
        [
          "dispute",
          "dispute"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あらそう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ɾa̠so̞ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "争う"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "sumo",
      "roman": "sumō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "相",
          "す"
        ],
        [
          "撲",
          "もう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "相撲"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "争う",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "争",
          "すま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sumau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sumafu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争い",
      "roman": "sumai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "争",
          "すま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争った",
      "roman": "sumatta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "争",
          "すま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すまわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sumawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すまい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sumai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すまう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sumau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すまえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sumae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すまわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sumawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すまわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すまわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sumawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sumawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すまえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sumaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "争おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すまおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sumaō",
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      "form": "sumawanai",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "すまわず",
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      "form": "sumawazu",
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      "form": "すまいます",
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      "form": "争った",
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      "form": "すまった",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "sumatta",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "争って",
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      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
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      "form": "すまって",
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      "form": "sumatte",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "争えば",
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      "form": "すまえば",
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      "form": "sumaeba",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "あらそう",
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      "form": "arasoe",
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      "form": "争われる",
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      "form": "あらそわせる",
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      "form": "arasowaseru",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "arasowasu",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "争える",
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    {
      "form": "あらそえる",
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    {
      "form": "arasoeru",
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      "form": "争おう",
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      "form": "あらそおう",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "arasoō",
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      "form": "争わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "あらそわない",
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      "form": "arasowanai",
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      "form": "arasowazu",
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      "form": "争います",
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      "form": "あらそいます",
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      "form": "arasoimasu",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "争った",
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      "form": "あらそった",
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      "form": "arasotta",
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      "form": "arasotte",
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      "form": "あらそえば",
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      "form": "arasoeba",
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      "other": "あらそう"
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      "ipa": "[a̠ɾa̠so̞ɯ̟]"
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      "form": "sumawa",
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      "form": "sumau",
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      "form": "sumae",
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      "form": "争われる",
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      "form": "すまわれる",
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      "form": "sumawareru",
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      "form": "争わせる",
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      "form": "争わす",
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      "form": "すまわせる",
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      "form": "すまわす",
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      "form": "sumawaseru",
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      "form": "sumawasu",
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      "form": "争える",
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      "form": "すまえる",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "sumaeru",
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      "tags": [
        "potential"
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    {
      "form": "争おう",
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        "volitional"
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    {
      "form": "すまおう",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "sumaō",
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      "form": "争わない",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
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      "form": "すまわない",
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    {
      "form": "sumawanai",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "争わず",
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        "negative"
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      "form": "すまわず",
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        "continuative",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "sumawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "争います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "form": "すまいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
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    {
      "form": "sumaimasu",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
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    {
      "form": "争った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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    {
      "form": "すまった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "sumatta",
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      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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    {
      "form": "争って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "すまって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sumatte",
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      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
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      "form": "争えば",
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        "hypothetical"
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    {
      "form": "すまえば",
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        "hypothetical"
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      "form": "sumaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "すまう",
        "hhira": "すまふ",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "争(すま)う • (sumau) ^(←すまふ (sumafu)?)intransitive godan (stem 争(すま)い (sumai), past 争(すま)った (sumatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to contend"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contend",
          "contend"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to resist"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resist",
          "resist"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to compete (in sumo, for example)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "compete",
          "compete"
        ],
        [
          "sumo",
          "sumo"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sɨma̠ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "争う"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 争う meaning in Japanese (11.2kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). 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.

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