諍いさかう

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

quarrel; dispute; argue

A somewhat literary or old-fashioned word for arguing or quarreling, often implying a heated verbal dispute. In modern speech, 口論する or 言い争う are more common.

• 兄きょう弟だいが遺い産さんのことでいさかった。

  The brothers quarreled over the inheritance.

• 彼かれらは些さ細さいなことからいさかい始はじめた。

  They began to argue over a trivial matter.