JLPT N3 · Verb

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

  1. to compete; to contest; to contend · godan verb, intransitive
  2. to quarrel; to argue; to dispute; to be at variance; to oppose · godan verb, intransitive
  3. to deny (e.g. evidence) · godan verb, intransitive · usu. in negative form

Example sentences

10チームが賞を得ようと争った。
Ten teams competed for the prize.
その囚人達はまるで狂人のように互いに争った。
The prisoners fought one another like so many mad people.

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.

FormJapaneseReading
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.