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    3. 競う

    競う

    競きそう​

    to compete

    KMT10News #35+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveSports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab22 strokes

    きそう

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to compete, to contend, to vie, to contest

    Stroke 0 / 22

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    彼かれらは優ゆう勝しょうを競きそった。

    They competed for the championship.

    KMT10Sports & Martial Arts
    選せん手しゅたちは互たがいに技わざを競きそい合あった。

    The athletes competed against each other with their skills.

    KMT10Sports & Martial Arts
    この分ぶん野やでは、常つねに新あたらしい技ぎ術じゅつを競きそい合あう必ひつ要ようがある。

    In this field, it's always necessary to compete with new technologies.

    KMT10TechnologyBusiness & Finance
    オリンピックでは、世せか界い中じゅうの選せん手しゅがメダルを競きそう。

    In the Olympics, athletes from all over the world compete for medals.

    KMT10Sports & Martial Arts
    彼かれはライバルと競きそい合あうことで、さらに強 くなった。

    He became even stronger by competing with his rival.

    KMT10Sports & Martial ArtsEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    競
    きそ.う・せ.る・くら.べる…(4)
    emulate・compete with・bid・sell at auction・bout…(2)
    Kanji
    う
    u
    Kana
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