To Compete
To Argue, To Quarrel
intransitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means conflict so the vocabulary means to compete, to argue, or to quarrel. Your views conflict with someone else's so you're going to compete with them to see who's right.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
You're starting to compete and to argue with someone, who is yelling at you: "You are so (あらそ) stupid!". You might want to imagine this in an accent that gets you closer to the Japanese pronunciation.
一二を争う
to compete for first place
トップを争う
to compete for the top
先を争う
to compete for the lead
わたしの事で争うのはよして！
Please don't argue about me!
チャンピオンベルトを争うゲームでは負けないって決めたんです。
I am determined not to lose in a game where we compete for the champion belt.
私たちって言い争ったことないよね。
We've never argued, have we?