Compound verbs#9,951 most used

張り合う

はりあう3

Pitch accent · 中高 (nakadaka)

to compete (with each other)

ITS KANJI

都会とかいの会社かいしゃは有能ゆうのうな若者わかものを採用さいようしようと互たがいに張はり合あった。

City firms vied with each other to hire the brightest young staff.

ジェーンとメアリーはいつも人ひとの気きを引ひこうと張はり合あっている。

Jane and Mary are always competing for attention.

from Tatoeba · bunbuku

to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival

godan verb · intransitive

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The dictionary gives 張り合う this one meaning.

Kind複合動詞, compound verbs

Frequency#9,951 most used

Written張り合う only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium