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張り合う · godan verb (-u)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	張はり合あう	張はり合あわない
Polite	張はり合あいます	張はり合あいません
Past polite	張はり合あいました	張はり合あいませんでした
Past	張はり合あった	張はり合あわなかった
Te-form	張はり合あって	張はり合あわないで
Desire	張はり合あいたい	張はり合あいたくない
Potential	張はり合あえる	張はり合あえない
Passive	張はり合あわれる	張はり合あわれない
Causative	張はり合あわせる	張はり合あわせない
Causative passive	張はり合あわせられるalso 張はり合あわされる	張はり合あわせられないalso 張はり合あわされない
Volitional	張はり合あおう
Polite volitional	張はり合あいましょう
Imperative	張はり合あえ	張はり合あうな
Conditional	張はり合あえば	張はり合あわなければ
Tara conditional	張はり合あったら	張はり合あわなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

Intransitive verb describing mutual competition or rivalry, often with a sense of striving against each other.

〈人ひと〉と張はり合あうto compete/vie with someone
彼かれはいつも同どう僚りょうと張はり合あっている。
He is always competing with his coworker.
〈人ひと〉と〈事こと〉を張はり合あうto rival someone over something
二人ふたりは人にん気きを張はり合あっている。
The two of them are competing for popularity.
〈人ひと〉と実じつ力りょくを張はり合あうto compete with someone in ability/skill
彼かの女じょはライバルと実じつ力りょくを張はり合あっている。
She is competing with her rival in terms of skill.

競きそうN2
競う is a general verb for competing in a contest or race, while 張り合う highlights a personal, often emotional rivalry between two specific people.
争あらそうN3
争う suggests a stronger conflict or dispute, whereas 張り合う focuses on trying to outdo each other in a rivalry.
対たい抗こうN1
対抗する is a more formal, often institutional term for opposing or standing against someone, while 張り合う carries a personal, sometimes petty nuance.
競きそい合あうN1
張り合う focuses on personal rivalry or stubborn one-upmanship, whereas 競い合う is more neutral and often used for skill-based contests.

協きょう力りょくN3
協力する means to cooperate toward a shared goal, the opposite of 張り合う's sense of striving against each other.

引ひっ張ぱり合あう
引っ張り合う literally means to pull each other (e.g. a rope), while 張り合う means to compete or rival each other, despite the similar written form.

Compound of 張る (はる, 'to stretch, to compete') and 合う (あう, 'to do mutually'). The combination yields the meaning of competing against each other.