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    3. 競作

    競作

    競きょう作さく

    competing (with each other) in creating (composing, drawing, writing, etc.)

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    きょうさく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    competing (with each other) in creating (composing, drawing, writing, etc.), competition to produce an (artistic, literary, etc.) work

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    彼かれらは絵かい画がで競きょう作さくした。

    They competed in creating paintings.

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    複ふく数すうの作さっ家かが同おなじテーマで競きょう作さくする企き画かくが持もち上あがった。

    A plan emerged for multiple authors to compete in creating works on the same theme.

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    映えい画が監かん督とくたちは、互たがいに刺し激げきし合あいながら、次つぎ々つぎと傑けっ作さくを競きょう作さくした。

    The film directors, stimulating each other, successively competed in creating masterpieces.

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    このギャラリーでは、若わか手てアーティストたちの競きょう作さく展てんが開かい催さいされている。

    This gallery is holding a competitive exhibition of works by young artists.

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    二ふた人りの作さっ曲きょく家かは、オペラの主しゅ題だい歌かを競きょう作さくすることになった。

    The two composers ended up competing to create the theme song for the opera.

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    Kanji 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)
    作
    つく.る・つく.り・-づく.り…(10)
    make・production・prepare・build
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