争う
あらそう · arasou (also spelled araso)
To compete, to contest, to contend
- to quarrel, to argue, to dispute, to be at variance, to oppose
- to deny (e.g. evidence)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 争いますあらそいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 争いませんあらそいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 争いましたあらそいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 争いませんでしたあらそいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 争いましょうあらそいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 争いあらそい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 争いたいあらそいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 争いながらあらそいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 争ってあらそって |
| Plain past (た形) | 争ったあらそった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 争ったらあらそったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 争っているあらそっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 争わないあらそわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 争わなかったあらそわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 争わなくてあらそわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 争えるあらそえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 争えばあらそえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 争えあらそえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 争おうあらそおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 争われるあらそわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 争わせるあらそわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 争わされるあらそわされる |
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What does 争う mean?
To compete, to contest, to contend. It can also mean: to quarrel, to argue, to dispute, to be at variance, to oppose; to deny (e.g. evidence).
How do you pronounce 争う?
あらそう (arasou). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 争う?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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