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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

抗こう争そう

kousou

conflict, feud

Example sentences

  1. 新聞しんぶんは２党間とうかんの抗争こうそうを報ほうじた。

    The newspaper reported friction between the two parties.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 派閥内はばつないの抗争こうそうが審議しんぎに支障ししょうをきたしました。

    Factional in-fighting threw a monkey wrench into the deliberations.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そうして院いんと延暦寺えんりゃくじの抗争こうそうが再燃さいねんすることになった。

    So the dispute between the cloistered government and Enryaku-ji Temple was reignited.

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

Kanji in 抗争

  • 抗confront; resistOnコウKunあらがう
  • 争contend; disputeOnソウKunあらそう・いかでか

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