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戦う
闘う
斗う rarely-used kanji form
Readings
たたかう tatakau
English
Godan verb with 'u' ending Intransitive verb esp. 戦う to make war (on), to wage war (against), to go to war (with), to fight (with), to do battle (against) Godan verb with 'u' ending Intransitive verb esp. 戦う to compete (against) Godan verb with 'u' ending Intransitive verb esp. 闘う to struggle (against adversities, etc.), to contend, to resist
Present, Future 戦う, 戦います [does], will [do] 戦わない, 戦いません doesn't [do], will not [do] Past 戦った, 戦いました [did] 戦わなかった, 戦いませんでした didn't [do] Te-form, Continuative 戦って, 戦いまして 戦わないで, 戦いませんで 戦わなくて Progressive 戦っている, 戦っています [doing], to be [doing] 戦っていない, 戦っていません not [doing] Volitional 戦おう, 戦いましょう let's [do]!, I/we will [do], I/we intend to [do] 戦うまい, 戦いますまい I will not [do], I do not intend to [do] Imperative 戦え, 戦いなさい [do] ! 戦うな, 戦いなさるな don't [do] ! Request 戦ってください please [do] 戦わないでください please don't [do] Provisional 戦えば if X [does], if X [is ~] 戦わなければ if X doesn't [do], if X [is not ~] Conditional 戦ったら, 戦いましたら if X were to [do], when X [does] 戦わなかったら, 戦いませんでしたら if X weren't to [do], when X doesn't [do] Potential 戦える, 戦えます be able to [do], can [do] 戦えない, 戦えません not be able to [do], can't [do] Passive, Respectful 戦われる, 戦われます is [done] (by ...), will be [done] (by ...) 戦われない, 戦われません isn't [done] (by ...), will not be [done] (by ...) Causative 戦わせる, 戦わせます makes/will make (someone) [do] 戦わせない, 戦わせません doesn't/won't make (someone) [do] Causative passive 戦わせられる, 戦わせられます is made/will be made to [do] (by someone) 戦わせられない, 戦わせられません isn't made/won't be made to [do] (by someone) ~たい form 戦いたい want to [do] 戦いたくない don't want to [do]