せめぎあう

Japanese

Alternative spellings
鬩ぎ合う 鬩ぎあう せめぎ合う

Etymology

From 鬩(せめ)ぎ (semegi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb せめぐ.”) + 合(あ)う (au).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せめぎあ​う [sèmégíáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) せめぎあう [sèmégíáú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞me̞ɡʲia̠ɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

せめぎあう • (semegiau) ^{←せめぎあふ (semegiafu)?}godan (stem せめぎあい (semegiai), past せめぎあった (semegiatta))

1. to battle (each other)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "せめぎあう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	せめぎあわ	semegiawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	せめぎあい	semegiai
Shūshikei ("terminal")	せめぎあう	semegiau
Rentaikei ("attributive")	せめぎあう	semegiau
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	せめぎあえ	semegiae
Meireikei ("imperative")	せめぎあえ	semegiae
Key constructions
Passive	せめぎあわれる	semegiawareru
Causative	せめぎあわせる せめぎあわす	semegiawaseru semegiawasu
Potential	せめぎあえる	semegiaeru
Volitional	せめぎあおう	semegiaō
Negative	せめぎあわない	semegiawanai
Negative continuative	せめぎあわず	semegiawazu
Formal	せめぎあいます	semegiaimasu
Perfective	せめぎあった	semegiatta
Conjunctive	せめぎあって	semegiatte
Hypothetical conditional	せめぎあえば	semegiaeba