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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

競きそい合あう

kisoiau

to compete with each other

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれらは賞しょうを取とろうとして互たがいに競きそい合あった。

    They competed with each other for the prize.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. いくつかのチームがその賞しょうを勝かち取とろうと競きそい合あっています。

    Several teams are contending for the prize.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. やがては出航時間しゅっこうじかんを揃そろえて同時出航どうじしゅっこうし、優劣ゆうれつを直接ちょくせつ競きそい合あうようになり、接触事故せっしょくじこを起おこすなど安全面あんぜんめんにおいても懸念けねんが示しめされるようになった。

    Eventually, they started sailing at the same time to directly compete with each other, which caused accidental contacts and raised safety concerns.

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

Kanji in 競合

  • 競emulate; compete withOnキョウ・ケイKunきそう・せる・くらべる
  • 合fit; suitOnゴウ・ガッ・カッKunあう・あい・あい-

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