To Compete
To Argue, To Quarrel
intransitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means conflict so the vocabulary means to compete, to argue, or to quarrel. Your views conflict with someone else's so you're going to compete with them to see who's right.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
You're starting to compete and to argue with someone, who is yelling at you: "You are so (あらそ) stupid!". You might want to imagine this in an accent that gets you closer to the Japanese pronunciation.
先を争う
to compete for the lead
トップを争う
to compete for the top
一二を争う
to compete for first place
わたしの事で争うのはよして！
Please don't argue about me!
トーフグの社いんたちは、社長のざをねらって争っています。
Tofugu workers are competing with each other for the position of president.
あなたって本当に落ち着いているし楽しいし、あなたと遊ぶのは最高だわ。しかも、私たち言い争ったこともまだ一度も無いわよね。それってすごくない？
You are so chill. It’s great hanging out with you. You know what? We’ve never had an argument yet, either. That’s crazy, isn’t it?