Word Meaning 鷸蚌の争い

いつぼうのあらそい itsubou no arasoi

鷸蚌の争い is read as いつぼうのあらそい (itsubou no arasoi) and means fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does).

Meaning

English

  1. fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does)
  2. a fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit)

Reading

Kana

いつぼうのあらそい

Romaji

itsubou no arasoi

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 42 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 148565 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

鷸蚌

いつぼう

a snipe and a clam

争い

あらそい

competition

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

縄張り争い

なわばりあらそい

turf war

覇権争い

はけんあらそい

leadership competition

政権争い

せいけんあらそい

political power struggle

権力争い

けんりょくあらそい

power struggle

戦争

せんそう

war