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争う

JLPT N2 · Vocabulary

争う — “to compete, to contend, to quarrel, to dispute”

争う (read あらそう) means to compete, to contend, to quarrel, to dispute. It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list and is a verb.

Reading

あらそう

Meaning

to compete, to contend, to quarrel, to dispute

争う in a sentence

優勝ゆうしょうを争うあらそう。

to compete for the championship

The kanji in 争う

争fight, competition

Words that share a kanji with 争う

戦争せんそう— war
競争きょうそう— competition, contest
論争ろんそう— dispute, controversy, argument

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