表層形
戦え
タタカエ
動詞
戦え (タタカエ)
Tatakae · たたかえ — to make war (on), to wage war (against), to go to war (with), to fight (with), to do battle (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.), to fight, to contend, to resist
Other ways to say “to make war” in Japanese →
戦え in rōmaji: tatakae.
動詞
一般
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📝 戦う 🔤 下一段-ア行 📐 未然形-一般
Updated: 2026年8月14日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
戦え
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
戦う
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| 読み (Reading) |
タタカエ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
下一段-ア行
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
未然形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
戦え
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| 読み・基本形 |
タタカエル
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| 表記・基本形 |
戦える
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| 見出し語の読み |
タタカウ
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💡 English Meaning
戦え means “to make war (on), to wage war (against), to go to war (with), to fight (with), to do battle (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.), to fight, to contend, to resist” — full definition & examples →
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Reading & Info
タタカエ
Lemma: 戦う
動詞一般**
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⚡ 一段 (Ichidan/Ru-verb) Conjugations
| ます形 (Polite) |
戦ます
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| て形 (Te-form) |
戦て
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| 過去形 (Past) |
戦た
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
戦ない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
戦ましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
戦られる
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
戦られる
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
戦させる
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動詞 (verbs) come at the end of a Japanese sentence. They conjugate for tense, politeness, negation, and mood — this entry shows the base (dictionary) form.
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The surface form (戦え) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (戦う) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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