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争う (あらそう): to dispute, to argue, to fight — Japanese vocabulary

争う is read あらそう and means "to dispute, to argue, to fight". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

争う

Reading
あらそう · arasou
Translation
to dispute, to argue, to fight
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
あらそうが

Example

その囚人達はまるで狂人のように互いに争った。

そのしゅうじんたちはまるできょうじんのようにたがいにあらそった。

The prisoners fought one another like so many mad people.

Kanji in this word

  • 争 — compete, dispute

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