闘争

See also: 鬥爭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: S
そう
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
鬭爭 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese. Spelled in traditional characters as 鬪爭 or 鬥爭. Compare modern Mandarin 鬥爭 / 斗争 (dòuzhēng).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーそー [tòósóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

(とう)(そう) • (tōsōとうさう (tousau)?

  1. a struggle

Synonyms

Verb

(とう)(そう)する • (tōsō suruとうさう (tousau)?intransitive suru (stem (とう)(そう) (tōsō shi), past (とう)(そう)した (tōsō shita))

  1. to struggle

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN