争う (arasou)
争う (あらそう, arasou) is a Japanese verb meaning “to compete; to contest”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あらそう
- Romaji
- arasou
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to compete; to contest; to contend · godan verb, intransitive
- to quarrel; to argue; to dispute; to be at variance; to oppose · godan verb, intransitive
- to deny (e.g. evidence) · godan verb, intransitive · usu. in negative form
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 争う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 争う | あらそう arasou |
| Polite (~masu) | 争います | あらそいます arasoimasu |
| Negative | 争わない | あらそわない arasowanai |
| Polite negative | 争いません | あらそいません arasoimasen |
| Past | 争った | あらそった arasotta |
| Polite past | 争いました | あらそいました arasoimashita |
| Negative past | 争わなかった | あらそわなかった arasowanakatta |
| Te-form | 争って | あらそって arasotte |
| Potential | 争える | あらそえる arasoeru |
| Passive | 争われる | あらそわれる arasowareru |
| Causative | 争わせる | あらそわせる arasowaseru |
| Volitional | 争おう | あらそおう arasoou |
| Imperative | 争え | あらそえ arasoe |
| Conditional (~ba) | 争えば | あらそえば arasoeba |
Kanji in 争う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 争う.
Source: JMdict entry 1400620 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.