抗う
あらがう · aragau
To go against, to fight against, to oppose, to resist, to deny
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 抗いますあらがいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 抗いませんあらがいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 抗いましたあらがいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 抗いませんでしたあらがいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 抗いましょうあらがいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 抗いあらがい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 抗いたいあらがいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 抗いながらあらがいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 抗ってあらがって |
| Plain past (た形) | 抗ったあらがった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 抗ったらあらがったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 抗っているあらがっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 抗わないあらがわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 抗わなかったあらがわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 抗わなくてあらがわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 抗えるあらがえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 抗えばあらがえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 抗えあらがえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 抗おうあらがおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 抗われるあらがわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 抗わせるあらがわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 抗わされるあらがわされる |
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What does 抗う mean?
To go against, to fight against, to oppose, to resist, to deny.
How do you pronounce 抗う?
あらがう (aragau). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
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