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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

競きょう走そう

kyousou

to race

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは彼かれと競走きょうそうした。

    I ran a race with him.

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  2. 私わたしたちは１００メートル競走きょうそうをした。

    We ran a hundred-meter dash.

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  3. あの木きまでの競走きょうそうなら君きみに負まけるもんか。

    I’ll bet that I can beat you to the tree.

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Kanji in 競走

  • 競emulate; compete withOnキョウ・ケイKunきそう・せる・くらべる
  • 走runOnソウKunはしる

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