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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

葛かっ藤とう

kattou

conflict, inner struggle

Example sentences

  1. 父ちちと私わたしの葛藤かっとうに、彼かれは気付きづいていないようです。

    He seems not to be aware of the conflict between my father and me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 悲劇ひげきの本質ほんしつは、短編小説たんぺんしょうせつのそれと同おなじように、その葛藤かっとうである。

    The heart of the tragedy, as of a short story, is a conflict.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 「ドラマも人生じんせいも、発端ほったん・葛藤かっとう・終結しゅうけつの3段階だんかいで構成こうせいされる」というのが持論じろんである。

    His theory is, 'drama and life both consist of 3 stages: beginning, conflict, and ending.'

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 葛藤

  • 葛arrowroot; kudzuOnカツ・カチKunつづら・くず
  • 藤wisteriaOnトウ・ドウKunふじ

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