葛藤|かっとうkattou[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbconflict; complication; troubles; discord
   父ちちと私の葛藤かっとうに、彼かれは気付きづいていないようです。↗

   He seems not to be aware of the conflict between my father and me.

• Synonym争いあらそいNeutralBroad word for quarrels, fights and even competition; stresses outward conflict rather than the inner struggle of 「葛藤」.
• Synonym不和ふわWrittenWritten-flavoured word for discord — people not getting along; describes poor relations between people, not inner conflict.
• Synonym相克そうこくWrittenWritten word for the clash of two opposing forces, originating in the five-elements theory; stresses forces working against each other.
• SynonymコンフリクトNeutralLoanword for conflict, found mostly in specialist fields such as psychology and IT; rare in everyday speech, unlike 「葛藤」.
• RelatedいざこざCasualColloquial for minor spats and small frictions; suggests trivial, petty quarrels, whereas 「葛藤」 is a more written-flavoured word for inner struggle.
• RelatedトラブルNeutralNeutral loanword covering trouble and disputes of all kinds, from machine breakdowns to health problems; broad in scope and not tied to psychological conflict.
• Related摩擦まさつNeutralLiterally physical rubbing; figuratively conflict from clashing views or feelings, as in 「貿易摩擦」. 「葛藤」 leans toward inner or deep-seated entanglement.
• Related衝突しょうとつNeutralA head-on clash of opinions, interests or objects; can also describe opposing forces inside one, as in 「理性と感情が衝突する」. 「葛藤」 stresses a tangled, hard-to-resolve state.
• Related紛争ふんそうWrittenWritten-style word for disputes between parties, from international and labor disputes to 「近隣紛争」; not used for personal psychology.
• Related論争ろんそうNeutralDebates and controversies over academic questions or differing views; stresses the clash of arguments, not inner struggle.
• Related確執かくしつWrittenWritten word for long-standing discord and mutual refusal to yield; deep-rooted antagonism between people rather than inner conflict.
• Related敵対てきたいNeutralHostility toward and confrontation with the other side, seen as an enemy; stronger in degree than 「不和」.
• Related紛糾ふんきゅうWrittenWritten word for a meeting or situation descending into confusion, as in 「会議が紛糾する」; stresses a situation spinning out of control.
• Related不協和音ふきょうわおんNeutralLiterally a dissonant sound; figuratively, disagreement within a group — members out of step with each other.
• Related揉め事もめごとCasualColloquial for quarrels and disputes between people; stresses the external trouble, while 「葛藤」 points to inner conflict or deep interpersonal entanglement.
• RelatedゴタゴタCasualColloquial for messy, muddled disputes; stresses confusion and disorder (it can also mean clutter), not an inner conflict like 「葛藤」.
• Related悶着もんちゃくCasualColloquial for a single quarrel or flare-up, as in 「一悶着ある」; a passing row between people, never the inner conflict that 「葛藤」 can describe.
• Related揉めもめNeutralRefers to quarrels arising from differences of opinion, often in compounds like 「内輪揉め」; outward bickering, not inner conflict.
• Related仲違いなかたがいNeutralA falling-out: people becoming estranged or on bad terms. Focuses on the damaged relationship itself, not on inner conflict.
• RelatedもつれNeutralEntanglement, as in 「感情のもつれ」; stresses being tangled up and hard to untangle, and can also refer to knots in thread or rope.
• Antonym調和ちょうわNeutralAntonym: harmony and balance, the state opposite to 「葛藤」, which is full of conflict and entanglement.
• Antonym和解わかいNeutralAntonym: settling a dispute and making peace; stresses resolving the opposition that 「葛藤」 describes.

Use 「葛藤」 for inner conflict or deep interpersonal entanglement, as in 「心の葛藤」. For everyday quarrels between people pick 「揉め事」 or 「トラブル」; for formal disputes between parties, 「紛争」; for emotional tangles, 「もつれ」. Most of the rest name a specific kind of clash — debates, friction, hostility, discord — and do not cover inner struggle. The opposite is 「調和」 (harmony); 「和解」 means settling a dispute and making up.

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1. 葛くずと藤ふじ、広ひろく蔓つるを伸のばす植物しょくぶつ。
2. 蔓つるのように複雑ふくざつに絡からみ、取り去とりさりがたい人ひとの煩悩ぼんのう。
3. （仏教ぶっきょう、禅宗ぜんしゅう）文学ぶんがく言語げんごや意味いみの解釈かいしゃくしがたい語句ごくや公案こうあん、問答もんどう工夫くふうのこと。
4. 人ひとと人ひととの関係かんけいが複雑ふくざつにもつれ合あい、争い合あらそいあうこと。
5. 心こころの中なかに相反あいはんする欲求よっきゅうや感情かんじょうが同時どうじに起おこり、そのいずれかを選えらぶか迷まようこと。