I Love Kanji戦う (tatakau)
戦う (たたかう, tatakau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to make war (on); to wage war (against)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たたかう
- Romaji
- tatakau
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to make war (on); to wage war (against); to go to war (with); to fight (with); to do battle (against) · godan verb, intransitive · esp. 戦う
- to compete (against) · godan verb, intransitive · esp. 戦う
- to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight; to contend; to resist · godan verb, intransitive · esp. 闘う
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 戦う
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 | 戦う | たたかう tatakau |
| Polite (~masu) | 戦います | たたかいます tatakaimasu |
| Negative | 戦わない | たたかわない tatakawanai |
| Polite negative | 戦いません | たたかいません tatakaimasen |
| Past | 戦った | たたかった tatakatta |
| Polite past | 戦いました | たたかいました tatakaimashita |
| Negative past | 戦わなかった | たたかわなかった tatakawanakatta |
| Te-form | 戦って | たたかって tatakatte |
| Potential | 戦える | たたかえる tatakaeru |
| Passive | 戦われる | たたかわれる tatakawareru |
| Causative | 戦わせる | たたかわせる tatakawaseru |
| Volitional | 戦おう | たたかおう tatakaou |
| Imperative | 戦え | たたかえ tatakae |
| Conditional (~ba) | 戦えば | たたかえば tatakaeba |
Kanji in 戦う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 戦う.
戦争せんそうwar大戦たいせんgreat war戦いたたかいbattle挑戦ちょうせんchallenge戦せんwar作戦さくせんtactics敗戦はいせんdefeat休戦きゅうせんcease-fire戦災せんさいwar damage戦術せんじゅつtactics戦闘せんとうbattle戦力せんりょくwar potential
Source: JMdict entry 1596960 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.