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表層形
腕競べ
ウデクラベ
名詞

腕競べ (ウデクラベ)

Udekurabe · うでくらべ — contest (of strength or skill)

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腕競べ in rōmaji: udekurabe.

名詞 普通名詞 一般 *
📝 腕比べ 🔤 * 📐 *
Updated: 2026年9月27日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
腕競べ
見出し語 (Lemma)
腕比べ
読み (Reading)
ウデクラベ
品詞 (POS)
名詞・普通名詞・一般・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
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活用形 (Conj. Form)
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表記 (Orthography)
腕競べ
読み・基本形
ウデクラベ
表記・基本形
腕競べ
見出し語の読み
ウデクラベ
💡 English Meaning

腕競べ means “contest (of strength or skill)” — full definition & examples →

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ウデクラベ
Lemma: 腕比べ
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The surface form (腕競べ) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (腕比べ) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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