格闘

See also: 格鬥 and 格斗

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かく
Grade: 5
とう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

  • 挌闘

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kakutoː/

Noun

格闘 (hiragana かくとう, rōmaji kakutō)

  1. the act of fighting each other; a fight or grapple
  2. tackling a difficult problem

Derived terms

Verb

格闘する (intransitive, hiragana かくとうする, rōmaji kakutō suru)

  1. fight, scuffle
     () (ぶん)のシッポと格闘 (かくとう)する (ねこ)
    jibun no shippo to kakutō suru neko
    a cat scuffling with its own tail
  2. struggle with a problem
    差別 (さべつ)格闘 (かくとう)する
    sabetsu to kakutō suru
    tackle discrimination

Conjugation

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