Word Meaning 葛藤

かっとう kattou

葛藤 is read as かっとう (kattou) and means conflict.

Meaning

English

conflict
complication
troubles
discord

Reading

Kana

かっとう

Romaji

kattou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Rank 23107 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

風藤葛

ふうとうかずら

Japanese pepper (Piper kadsura)

葛

つづら

Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)

藤

ふじ

wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda)

野田藤

のだふじ

Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda)

山藤

やまふじ

silky wisteria (Wisteria brachybotrys)

男は松女は藤

おとこはまつおんなはふじ

men are the strong base to which women cling

夏藤

なつふじ

Milettia japonica (species of flowering plant)

庭藤

にわふじ

Chinese indigo (Indigofera decora)

昇り藤

のぼりふじ

lupine

草藤

くさふじ

tufted vetch (Vicia cracca)

支那藤

しなふじ

Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis)

藤女子大学

ふじじょしだいがく

Fuji Women's University

Example Sentences

父と私の葛藤に、彼は気付いていないようです。

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

人種間には様々な葛藤、軋轢があることは、本書においても明らかにされているところである。

That there are various conflicts, frictions, within the races of man is a point made clear within this book as well.