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言い争う (いいあらそう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

言いい争あらそう

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Meanings

1

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

quarrel; dispute; argue

Used for verbal arguments or heated disagreements between people.

彼かれらはお金かねのことで言いい争あらそった。
They quarreled over money.
店てん員いんと客きゃく

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返へん

品ぴん

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争あらそ

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The clerk and the customer argued about a return.

Written forms

言いい争あらそうUsage95%
Standard kanji spelling.
いいあらそうUsage5%
言いい争あらそう
Less common variant; 言い争う is preferred.

Kanji

言say, word
争contend, dispute, argue

Similar words

口こう論ろんする
口論する is a more formal or literary term for a verbal dispute, while 言い争う is a common, everyday word for quarreling.
喧けん嘩かする
喧嘩する often implies a physical fight or a more intense, emotional quarrel, whereas 言い争う focuses on verbal argument.

Etymology

Compound of 言い (the continuative form of 言う 'to say') + 争う 'to dispute, to fight'. The exact historical derivation is straightforward; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.