あらそう

争 う

Common word

  1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, intransitive verb

    to compete, to contest, to contend

    • １０チームが賞を得ようと争った。
      Ten teams competed for the prize.

  2. Godan verb with 'u' ending, intransitive verb

    to quarrel, to argue, to dispute, to be at variance, to oppose

    • 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.

  3. Godan verb with 'u' ending, intransitive verb

    to deny (e.g. evidence)
    usu. in negative form