闘う — meaning in English

English meaning

• fight verb To engage in physical combat or violence with someone.
• strive verb To make a great and sustained effort to achieve something.

Senses

闘う is used for these senses in English:

• fight (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
• fight (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
• strive To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.

fight — full definition

1. verb To engage in physical combat or violence with someone.
2. verb To struggle or campaign strongly for or against something.
3. noun An instance of physical combat or a violent confrontation.
4. noun A conflict, argument, or contest, not necessarily physical.
5. noun The determination or spirit needed to keep struggling.

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