Word Meaning 一二を争う

いちにをあらそう ichini o arasou

一二を争う is read as いちにをあらそう (ichini o arasou) and means to compete for the first place.

Meaning

English

to compete for the first place
to be one of the two best

Reading

Kana

いちにをあらそう

Romaji

ichini o arasou

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Proverb ✓ Rank 48249 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一石二鳥

いっせきにちょう

killing two birds with one stone

一回りも二回りも

ひとまわりもふたまわりも

one or two sizes (bigger, etc.)

一人二役

ひとりふたやく

double role

一二

いちに

the first and second

一二に及ばず

いちににおよばず

right away

一都一道二府四十三県

いっといちどうにふよんじゅうさんけん

one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper

二者択一

にしゃたくいつ

choosing between two things

二十一箇条要求

にじゅういっかじょうようきゅう

The Twenty-One Demands

二個一

にこいち

combining the working parts of two or more broken machines to make one functioning machine

唯一不二

ゆいいつふじ

one and only

単一争点政党

たんいつそうてんせいとう

single-issue party

唯一無二

ゆいつむに

one and only