抗う

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
あらが
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) らが [àrágáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɾa̠ɡa̠ɯ̟]

Verb

(あらが) • (aragauあらがふ (aragafu)?intransitive godan (stem (あらが) (aragai), past (あらが)った (aragatta))

  1. to fight against, to go against, to resist
Conjugation
Conjugation of "抗う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 抗わ あらがわ aragawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 抗い あらがい aragai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 抗う あらがう aragau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 抗う あらがう aragau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 抗え あらがえ aragae
Meireikei ("imperative") 抗え あらがえ aragae
Key constructions
Passive 抗われる あらがわれる aragawareru
Causative 抗わせる
抗わす
あらがわせる
あらがわす
aragawaseru
aragawasu
Potential 抗える あらがえる aragaeru
Volitional 抗おう あらがおう aragaō
Negative 抗わない あらがわない aragawanai
Negative continuative 抗わず あらがわず aragawazu
Formal 抗います あらがいます aragaimasu
Perfective 抗った あらがった aragatta
Conjunctive 抗って あらがって aragatte
Hypothetical conditional 抗えば あらがえば aragaeba
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
すま
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 抗う – see the following entry.
すま
[verb] to contend
[verb] to resist
[verb] to compete (in sumo, for example)
Alternative spelling
拒う
(This term, 抗う, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN