"せめぎあう" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

IPA: [se̞me̞ɡʲia̠ɯ̟]
Etymology: From 鬩(せめ)ぎ (semegi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb せめぐ.”) + 合(あ)う (au). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|せめぐ}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb せめぐ., {{ja-compound|鬩ぎ|せめぎ|合う|あう|t1=連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (<span class="mention-tr tr">ren'yōkei</span>, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb せめぐ.|t2=}} 鬩(せめ)ぎ (semegi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb せめぐ.”) + 合(あ)う (au) Head templates: {{ja-verb|hhira=せめぎあふ|type=1}} せめぎあう • (semegiau) ^(←せめぎあふ (semegiafu)?)godan (stem せめぎあい (semegiai), past せめぎあった (semegiatta)) Forms: semegiau [romanization], semegiafu [romanization], せめぎあい [stem], せめぎあった [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], せめぎあわ [error-unrecognized-form], semegiawa [error-unrecognized-form], せめぎあい [error-unrecognized-form], semegiai [error-unrecognized-form], せめぎあう [error-unrecognized-form], semegiau [error-unrecognized-form], せめぎあえ [error-unrecognized-form], semegiae [error-unrecognized-form], せめぎあわれる [passive], semegiawareru [passive], せめぎあわせる [causative], せめぎあわす [causative], semegiawaseru [causative], semegiawasu [causative], せめぎあえる [potential], semegiaeru [potential], せめぎあおう [volitional], semegiaō [volitional], せめぎあわない [negative], semegiawanai [negative], せめぎあわず [continuative, negative], semegiawazu [continuative, negative], せめぎあいます [formal], semegiaimasu [formal], せめぎあった [perfective], semegiatta [perfective], せめぎあって [conjunctive], semegiatte [conjunctive], せめぎあえば [conditional, hypothetical], semegiaeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to battle (each other)
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      "form": "semegiaimasu",
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      "form": "せめぎあった",
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      "other": "せめぎあう"
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      "ipa": "[se̞me̞ɡʲia̠ɯ̟]"
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      "form": "せめぎあおう",
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      "form": "semegiaō",
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Download raw JSONL data for せめぎあう meaning in Japanese (4.8kB)

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