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JLPT N1 · Noun

争い (arasoi)

争い (あらそい, arasoi) is a Japanese noun meaning “fight; dispute”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
あらそい
Romaji
arasoi
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. fight; dispute; feud; conflict; struggle · noun
  2. competition; contest; rivalry · noun

Example sentences

金銭のことで彼と争いになった。
I had a quarrel with him over money.
Tatoeba #179651
ポスト争いは厳しい。
Competition for the position is very intense.
Tatoeba #196264

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 争い

争
contend, dispute, argueソウ・あらそ.う・いか.でか · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 争い.

戦争せんそうwar競争きょうそうcompetition争うあらそうto compete論争ろんそうdispute抗争こうそうrivalry紛争ふんそうdispute

Source: JMdict entry 1400560 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.