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抗争 (こうそう): dispute, resistance — Japanese vocabulary

抗争 is read こうそう and means "dispute, resistance". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

抗争

Reading
こうそう · kousou
Translation
dispute, resistance
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
こうそうが

Example

派閥内の抗争が審議に支障をきたしました。

はばつないのこうそうがしんぎにししょうをきたしました。

Factional in-fighting threw a monkey wrench into the deliberations.

Kanji in this word

  • 抗 — resist, oppose
  • 争 — compete, dispute

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