競り合い・競合い|せりあいseriai[0]heiban (flat)

1. nouncompetition

• Synonym競争きょうそうNeutralThe broadest word for competition; it does not imply the two sides are evenly matched, while 「競り合い」 pictures a close, neck-and-neck struggle.
• Synonym争いあらそいNeutralCovers disputes, quarrels and even hostile conflict, so its range is wider than 「競り合い」, which stays with close contesting.
• Synonym競合きょうごうNeutralCompetition between companies or products, also conflict; it leans toward business use, whereas 「競り合い」 pictures a close back-and-forth contest.
• Synonym争奪そうだつWrittenWritten style for scrambling to seize something, as in 「王座の争奪」; the focus is on grabbing the object.
• Synonym張り合いはりあいNeutralMeans rivalry but also the motivation or sense that effort is worthwhile, so its uses are varied.
• RelatedくらべNeutralMostly a suffix for comparing or pitting against, as in 「背比べ」「力比べ」; it weighs who is better without the image of a tight struggle.
• Related対抗たいこうNeutralMeans pitting one side against another, as in 「クラス対抗」; the two sides need not be evenly matched as in 「競り合い」.
• Related相克そうこくWrittenA written-style word for opposing forces in conflict, originally from the five-elements theory; far more literary than 「競り合い」.
• Related試合しあいNeutralMeans a match or game itself, with no suggestion of whether the score is close, unlike 「競り合い」.
• Related競技きょうぎNeutralRefers to competitive sports or events as a category, not to the close back-and-forth of a contest.
• Related勝負しょうぶNeutralFocuses on settling victory or defeat, as in 「勝負をつける」; 「競り合い」 describes the locked struggle itself.
• Related戦いたたかいNeutralA broad word for battle or struggle; its confrontational edge is stronger than the even contesting of 「競り合い」.
• Related闘争とうそうNeutralUsed for labor or political struggles and in 「闘争心」; its tone is fiercer than 「競り合い」.
• Related対戦たいせんNeutralMeans facing an opponent in a match, mostly in sports or games; it names the pairing, not a close struggle.
• Related合戦かっせんNeutralA battle or clash between opposing sides; in uses like 「歌合戦」 it stretches to a lively team-against-team showdown.
• Related太刀打ちたちうちNeutralMeans matching blows with a rival and is mostly used in the negative, 「太刀打ちできない」.
• Related競りせりNeutralRefers to bidding at an auction or scrambling for something, as in 「競りにかける」; 「競り合い」 is the act of contesting closely.
• Related手合わせてあわせNeutralA polite way to speak of playing a bout, as in 「お手合わせ願います」.
• Related争奪戦そうだつせんNeutralA scramble for positions, prizes, tickets or resources, as in 「チケット争奪戦」; 「競り合い」 stresses the even, locked contest.
• Related闘技とうぎWrittenA rare written word for contests of skill or strength, including combat sports; 「競り合い」 pictures a tight struggle in a match.
• Related角逐かくちくWrittenWritten style for vying in general, as in 「覇権をめぐる角逐」; it lacks 「競り合い」's focus on a close struggle within a match.
• Related勝負事しょうぶごとNeutralGambling, or any game played for a win or a loss; the stress is on staking out who wins, not on the scene of a close contest.
• Related腕比べうでくらべNeutralA colloquial word for pitting skill or strength against another to see who is better.
• Antonym協調きょうちょうNeutralThe antonym: coordination and cooperation, opposed to the mutual scrambling of 「競り合い」.
• Antonym協力きょうりょくNeutralThe antonym: working together toward a goal, the opposite of competing in 「競り合い」.

Use 「競り合い」 for a close, evenly matched struggle where neither side gives way, as in 「ゴール前の競り合い」 or 「激しい競り合い」. For competition in general say 「競争」, for settling a winner 「勝負」, and for a scramble over something 「争奪戦」. The opposites are 「協調」 and 「協力」.

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1. 複数ふくすうの人ひとが同おなじ目標もくひょうに向むかって、互たがいに勝かとうとして争あらそうこと。