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])[1]
  • (Tokyo) せめぎあう [sèmégíáú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • 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

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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