Word Meaning 蝸角の争い

かかくのあらそい kakaku no arasoi

蝸角の争い is read as かかくのあらそい (kakaku no arasoi) and means fighting over nothing.

Meaning

English

  1. fighting over nothing
  2. making a mountain out of a molehill

Reading

Kana

かかくのあらそい

Romaji

kakaku no arasoi

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 151422 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

蝸牛角上の争い

かぎゅうかくじょうのあらそい

fighting over nothing

蝸牛角上

かぎゅうかくじょう

trifling (fight)

蝸角

かかく

eyestalk (on a snail)

三角闘争

さんかくとうそう

three-cornered fight

蝸牛

かたつむり

snail

争い

あらそい

competition

四角い

しかくい

square

言い争い

いいあらそい

a quarrel

先陣争い

せんじんあらそい

competition (rivalry) to first (e.g. rider in a charge)

派閥争い

はばつあらそい

factional dispute

年は争えない

としはあらそえない

age will tell

相続争い

そうぞくあらそい

inheritance dispute