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競い合う · godan verb (-u)

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

Meanings

godan verb (-u), transitive verb, intransitive verb

compete with each other; vie for

Describes mutual competition, often for a prize, position, or goal. Can be used with both transitive and intransitive patterns.

〈人ひと〉と競きそい合あうto compete with someone
二人ふたりのランナーは最さい後ごまで競きそい合あった。
The two runners competed against each other right to the end.
〈事こと〉を競きそい合あうto compete over something (a score, record, position, etc.)
選せん手しゅたちは記き録ろくを競きそい合あった。
The athletes competed with each other for the record.

競きそうN2
競う simply means to compete, while 競い合う stresses that both sides are mutually striving against each other at the same time.
張はり合あう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.
競きょう争そうN4
競争する is the formal, noun-based term for competition, while 競い合う is a verb that highlights the back-and-forth mutual effort itself.
争あらそうN3
争う covers any kind of contest or conflict, including disputes and fights, while 競い合う is limited to competitive striving toward a shared goal.

Compound of 競い (continuative form of 競う 'to compete') + 合う 'to do together', yielding 'to compete with each other'.