Kanji1 / 6
争 kanji
contend, dispute, argue
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
ソウ
Kun readings
あらそういかでか
Variant forms
爭Words with 争
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —戦争賠償war reparations
- —会津戦争Battle of Aizu (1868)
- —抗日戦争War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (Chinese name for the Second Sino-Japanese War; 1937-1945)
- —六日戦争Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967); Third Arab-Israeli War
- —北越戦争Battle of Hokuetsu (1868)
- —継承戦争war of succession; succession war
- —解放戦争war of liberation
- —フス戦争Hussite Wars (1419-1434); Bohemian Wars; Hussite Revolution
- —石山戦争Ishiyama Honganji War (1570-1580); Ishiyama War
- —馬関戦争Shimonoseki campaign (1863-1864); Shimonoseki bombardment
- —奉直戦争Zhili-Fengtian Wars (of China; 1922-1924)
- —戦争放棄renunciation of war
- —汚い戦争Dirty War (period of state terrorism in Argentina; 1976-1983)
- —武力紛争armed conflict
- —情報戦争information warfare; information war
- —不正競争unfair competition; anti-competitive practices
- —競争意識competitive sense; sense of rivalry
- —競争試験competitive examination; screening examination
- —薬物戦争war on drugs
- —麻薬戦争war on drugs