Onyomi: ソウ · Kunyomi: あらそ.う, いか.でか · Meanings: argue, contend, dispute
Kanji for argue, contend, dispute
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争 is formed from the upper component 爪, which relates to grasping or holding, and the lower component 又, which represents action or movement. Together, these elements express opposing actions directed at the same matter. From this idea, 争 came to mean conflict, dispute, or competition.
争 shows opposing actions over the same thing, meaning conflict or competition.
Remember 争 as actions that oppose each other over one matter.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 争う | あらそう | to compete, to contest, to contend | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 争い | あらそい | fight, dispute, feud, conflict, struggle, strife, discord, argument, quarrel, controversy | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 争点 | そうてん | point at issue | common Noun |
| 争議 | そうぎ | dispute, quarrel, strike | common Noun |
| 争えない | あらそえない | indisputable, undeniable, unmistakable | I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 争奪 | そうだつ | struggle (for), scramble, contest | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 抗う | あらがう | to go against, to fight against, to oppose, to resist, to deny | Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 争奪戦 | そうだつせん | contest, competition, struggle, scramble | Noun |
| 争うべからざる | あらそうべからざる | indisputable | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi) |
| 争点整理 | そうてんせいり | procedures to determine the points at issue, pre-trial mutual disclosure and discussion of the points of contention | Noun |
| 争端 | そうたん | beginning of a dispute | Noun |
| 争覇 | そうは | contending for victory, struggling for supremacy | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 争いごと | あらそいごと | dispute, argument, contention | Noun |
| 争で | いかで | how | Adverb (fukushi) |
| 争続 | そうぞく | fighting over inheritance, inheritance dispute | Noun |