格かく闘とう

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格闘する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	格かく闘とうする	格かく闘とうしない
Polite	格かく闘とうします	格かく闘とうしません
Past polite	格かく闘とうしました	格かく闘とうしませんでした
Past	格かく闘とうした	格かく闘とうしなかった
Te-form	格かく闘とうして	格かく闘とうしないで
Desire	格かく闘とうしたい	格かく闘とうしたくない
Potential	格かく闘とうできる	格かく闘とうできない
Passive	格かく闘とうされる	格かく闘とうされない
Causative	格かく闘とうさせる	格かく闘とうさせない
Causative passive	格かく闘とうさせられる	格かく闘とうさせられない
Volitional	格かく闘とうしよう
Polite volitional	格かく闘とうしましょう
Imperative	格かく闘とうしろ	格かく闘とうするな
Conditional	格かく闘とうすれば	格かく闘とうしなければ
Tara conditional	格かく闘とうしたら	格かく闘とうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

hand-to-hand fight; grapple; scuffle

Physical combat, especially unarmed or close-quarters fighting. Often used in sports, martial arts, or street fights.

彼かれは強ごう盗とうと格かく闘とうした。
He grappled with the robber.
格かく闘とう技ぎの試し合あいを見みるのが好すきだ。
I like watching martial arts matches.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

struggle (with a problem); wrestle (with a task)

Figurative use: struggling with a difficult problem, task, or situation. Often used with ～と格闘する.

彼かれは難むずかしい問もん題だいと格かく闘とうしている。
He is wrestling with a difficult problem.
毎まい日にち、家か事じと格かく闘とうしています。
I struggle with housework every day.

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Usage patterns

〈相あい手て〉と格かく闘とうするto have a hand-to-hand fight with someone
彼かれは強ごう盗とうと格かく闘とうした。
He grappled with the burglar.
〈事こと〉と格かく闘とうするto struggle with a difficult problem or task
彼かの女じょは難むずかしい問もん題だいと格かく闘とうしている。
She is wrestling with a difficult problem.
格かく闘とうを繰くり広ひろげるto put up a fierce struggle
二人ふたりは激はげしい格かく闘とうを繰くり広ひろげた。
The two of them put up a fierce struggle.

Kanji

格status, rank, capacity
闘fight, war
挌strike, hit, fight

Related words· 6

喧けん嘩かN4sense 1
喧嘩 is a general quarrel or fight, often verbal, while 格闘 specifically implies close physical grappling or wrestling.
取とっ組くみ合あい sense 1
取っ組み合い describes two people grabbing and wrestling each other, a more colloquial image than the somewhat formal 格闘.
苦く闘とう sense 2
苦闘 emphasizes the painful, drawn-out hardship of a struggle, whereas 格闘 can describe either physical combat or wrestling with a task.
奮ふん闘とうN2sense 2
奮闘 highlights vigorous, determined effort toward a goal, while 格闘 often implies actually grappling with the difficulty itself.

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乱らん闘とう
格闘 refers to hand-to-hand combat or grappling, often one-on-one, whereas 乱闘 emphasizes disorder involving multiple participants.
闘とう技ぎ
格闘 emphasizes physical fighting or grappling itself, while 闘技 frames that fighting as an organized contest or event.

Don't confuse with

闘とう争そうN1
闘争 refers to a broader social, political, or ideological struggle, while 格闘 denotes a close, personal physical or mental struggle.

Word family

格かく闘とう家か
martial artist; fighter
格かく闘とう術じゅつ
hand-to-hand combat techniques; fighting art
近きん接せつ格かく闘とう
close quarters combat; CQC
格かく闘とうゲーム
fighting game
格かく闘とう戦せん部ぶ隊たい
shock troops

Written forms

格かく闘とうUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
挌かく闘とうUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

格 (status, standard) + 闘 (fight). The combination originally referred to fighting according to rules or standards, later extended to any hand-to-hand combat and figurative struggles.