争う – Vocabulary details

争あらそう

Verb (5-dan, う, intransitive)

1. to compete; to contest; to contend

2. to quarrel; to argue; to dispute; to be at variance; to oppose

3. to deny (e.g. evidence)

usu. in negative form

conflict

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to race against time

to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves

to compete for the first place; to be one of the best

彼かれらは賞しょうを目め指ざして争あらそっている。

They are contending for the prize.

私わたしは争あらそうためにここにいるのではありません。

I'm not here to fight.

その囚しゅう人じん達たちはまるで狂きょう人じんのように互たがいに争あらそった。

The prisoners fought one another like so many mad people.

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