Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
あらそ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
爭う (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "争う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
争う らそ [àrásóꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 争え らそ [àrásóꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 争われる らそわれ [àrásówáréꜜrù]
Causative 争わせる らそわせ [àrásówáséꜜrù]
Potential 争える らそえ [àrásóéꜜrù]
Volitional 争おう らそお [àrásóóꜜò]
Negative 争わない らそわない [àrásówáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 争わなかった らそわなかった [àrásówáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 争います らそいま [àrásóímáꜜsù]
Perfective 争った らそった [àrásóꜜttà]
Conjunctive 争って らそって [àrásóꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 争えば らそえば [àrásóꜜèbà]

Verb edit

(あらそ) (arasouあらそふ (arasofu)?intransitive godan (stem (あらそ) (arasoi), past (あらそ)った (arasotta))

  1. compete, contest
    (ゆう)(しょう)(あらそ)っている
    yūshō o arasotte iru
    Competing for victory
  2. argue, dispute
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
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Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
すま
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
爭う (kyūjitai)
抗う
拒う

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(すま) (sumauすまふ (sumafu)?intransitive godan (stem (すま) (sumai), past (すま)った (sumatta))

  1. to contend
  2. to resist
  3. to compete (in sumo, for example)
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN