JapanLingo

競争きょうそう

kyousou

competition

N3

How to remember this word

Tie 競争 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “competition” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.

Example sentences

Example 1

kono gyoukai wa kyousou ga hageshii desu.

Competition in this industry is fierce.

Example 2

kyousou ga hageshii gyoukai hodo, benkyou o tsuzukeru hitsuyou ga arimasu.

The more competitive the industry, the more you need to keep studying.