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    3. 格闘

    格闘

    格かく闘とう

    (hand-to-hand) fight

    KMT7News #17+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveSports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab28 strokes

    挌闘格鬪

    かくとう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    (hand-to-hand) fight, grapple, scuffle, tussle
    2.
    struggling (with a problem, task, etc.), grappling, wrestling, getting to grips (with)

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    彼かれは格かく闘とう技ぎの選せん手しゅだ。

    He is a martial arts athlete.

    KMT6Sports & Martial Arts
    難むずかしい問もん題だいと格かく闘とうしている。

    I am grappling with a difficult problem.

    KMT7Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology
    柔じゅう道どうは日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな格かく闘とう技ぎの一ひとつだ。

    Judo is one of Japan's traditional martial arts.

    KMT7Sports & Martial ArtsCulture & Traditions
    彼かれは総そう合ごう格かく闘とう技ぎのチャンピオンを目め指ざしている。

    He aims to become a mixed martial arts champion.

    KMT7Sports & Martial Arts
    病びょう気きと格かく闘とうする日ひ々びが続つづいた。

    Days of struggling with illness continued.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    格
    status・rank・capacity・character・case (law, grammar)
    闘
    たたか.う・あらそ.う…(2)
    fight・war
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