| 経済闘争 | economic struggles |
| 職場闘争 | labor unrest, labour unrest |
| 一刻を争う | to race against time |
| 功を争う | to contend for distinction, to claim credit |
| 政権争い | political power struggle |
| 政争の渦 | whirlpool of political strife |
| 戦争の時 | times of war |
| 中越紛争 | dispute between China and Vietnam |
| 冷たい戦争 | cold war, the Cold War |
| 醜い争い | scandalous dispute |
| 優勝を争う | to contend for victory |
| 竜虎の争い | well-matched contest, fight between a dragon and a tiger |
| 過当競争 | excessive competition |
| 学園紛争 | campus dispute, campus strife |
| 競争馬 | racehorse |
| 競争率 | ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants |
| 国際紛争 | international dispute |
| 受験戦争 | examination war, fiercely competitive university entrance examinations |
| 先陣争い | competition (rivalry) to first (e.g. rider in a charge) |
| 戦争状態 | (enter into, be in) a state of war |
| 独立戦争 | American Revolutionary War, War of Independence |
| 日中戦争 | Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) |
| 派閥争い | factional dispute, factional strife, rivalry between factions |
| 労使紛争 | industrial (labor-management) dispute (labour), industrial strife |
アヘン戦争 阿片戦争 鴉片戦争 | Opium War (1840-42) |
| アフガン戦争 | Afghan Wars |
| 家庭争議 | domestic dispute, family trouble |
| 経済競争力 | economic competitiveness |
| 国際競争 | global competition |
| 国際競争力 | international competitiveness |
| 戦争計画 | war plan |
| 戦争準備 | war preparation |
| 戦争責任 | war responsibility |
| 戦争戦略 | war strategy |
| 戦争挑戦国 | warmonger |
| 戦争賠償金 | war reparation |
| 戦争被害 | war damage |
| 全面核戦争 | all-out nuclear war |
| 通常戦争 | conventional war |
| 非対称戦争 | asymmetric war |
| 不正競争防止法 | Unfair Competition Prevention Law |
| 包括通商競争力法 | Omnibus Trade and Competition Act |
| 暴力団抗争 | gangland war |
| 競争場裡 | arena of competition |
| 真贋論争 | argument as to (about) the authenticity (of...) |
| 政治抗争 | political strife (antagonism, conflict) |
| 派閥抗争 | factional infighting (conflict), antagonism between factions |
| 闘争心 | belligerence, fighting spirit |
| ポエニ戦争 | Punic Wars (Rome and Carthage) |
三つどもえの争い 三つ巴の争い | three-cornered battle |
| 相争う | to fight with each other, to fight amongst yourselves |
| 中日戦争 | Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) (may imply Chinese aggression) |
| 日華戦争 | Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) |
| 大東亜戦争 | The Greater East Asian War, The Pacific War (1941-1945) |