Kanji Dictionary

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争うarasou(1)to compete, to contest, to contend, (2)to quarrel, to argue, to dispute, to be at variance, to oppose, (3)(usu. in negative form) to deny (e.g. evidence) godan, jlpt3, verb, vintrans

contend, dispute, argue
Readings: sou, araso.u, ika.deka
Main radical: 爪 (87) Strokes: 6 picture (png) | animation (svg) | table (svg)

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競争 kyousou competejlpt3, jlpt4, sport

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論争 ronsou controversy, disputesuru

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戦争 sensou warjlpt3, jlpt4, sensou

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兎と亀は競争を始めました。 usagi to kame ha kyousou wo hajimemashita. Zajíc a želva začali závodit.usagitokame

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二人の争いを裁いた futarinoarasoiwosabaita anglicky

Verb is godan, intransitive

		positive	negative
present indicative	plain	arasou	arasowanai
present indicative	polite	arasoimasu	arasoimasen
present progressive	plain	arasotte iru	arasotte inai
present progressive	polite	arasotte imasu	arasotte imasen
past indicative	plain	arasotta	arasowanakatta
past indicative	polite	arasoimashita	arasoimasen deshita
presumptive	plain	arasoou arasou darou	arasowanai darou
presumptive	polite	arasoimashou arasou deshou	arasowanai deshou
past presumptive	plain	arasottarou arasotta darou	arasowanakatta darou
past presumptive	polite	arasotta deshou	arasowanakatta deshou
imperative	plain	arasoe	arasou na
imperative	polite	arasotte kudasai	arasowanaide kudasai
provisional	plain	arasoeba	arasowanakereba
conditional	plain	arasottara	arasowanakattara
conditional	polite	arasoimashitara	arasoimasen deshitara
potential	plain	arasoeru	arasoenai
potential	polite	arasoemasu	arasoemasen
causative	plain	arasowaseru
past causative	plain	arasowaseta
passive	plain	arasowareru
past passive	plain	arasowareta
passive causative	plain	arasowaserareru arasowasareru
past passive causative	plain	arasowaserareta
desiderative	plain	arasoitai
past desiderative	plain	arasoitakatta
gerundium		arasotte