Illustration: On the padded floor of a neighborhood judo hall, two adult practitioners grapple at close range, each gripping the other's sleeve and lapel. Their feet brace in opposite directions, knees bent and shoulders straining as each tries to break the other's balance.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

格かく闘とう

kakutou

to grapple, to fight

Example sentences

  1. 自分じぶんのシッポと格闘かくとうする猫ねこ

    a cat scuffling with its own tail

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. ジョージは、最近さいきん３時間じかんの格闘かくとうの末すえに釣つった、重おもさ３０ポンドのバスの話はなしをしていた。

    George was describing a 30 pound bass he’d caught recently after fighting it for three hours.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 徒手としゅ格闘かくとう

    hand-to-hand combat

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 格闘

  • 格status; rankOnカク・コウ・キャク
  • 闘fight; warOnトウKunたたかう・あらそう

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