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Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work. / Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means. / Bitter conflict, sometimes violent. / (colloquial) A trouble of any kind.

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strife

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Source Word

strife

IPA(Pronunciation)

/stɹaɪf/

Noun

countable uncountable colloquial obsolete

Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work. / Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means. / Bitter conflict, sometimes violent. / (colloquial) A trouble of any kind.

Japanese Meaning

努力、奮闘、懸命な働き / 優位を目指すための争い、競争 / 激しい対立、争い、衝突 / （口語）あらゆる困難やトラブル

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Her strife to master the violin impressed everyone at the recital.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女のバイオリン習得への努力は、リサイタルで皆を感動させた。

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Sense（1）

Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.

Sense（2）

Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means.

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;

Whose misadventured piteous overthrows

Do with their death bury their parents' strife.

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Sense（3）

Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.

A few observations about the interpretation of vows or pledges may not be out of place here. Interpretation of pledges has been a fruitful source of strife all the world over. No matter how explicit the pledge, people will turn and twist the text to suit their own purposes.

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