葛藤

かっとう· also つづらふじ、ツヅラフジ

conflict; complication; troubles; discord

Common word Also written 防已

Meanings

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
Noun
Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
complex inter-relationship (as in the struggle between two types of vine over one piece of land)

Example sentences

父ちちと私わたしの葛藤かっとうに、彼かれは気付きづいていないようです。

He seems not to be aware of the conflict between my father and me.
悲劇ひげきの本質ほんしつは、短編小説たんぺんしょうせつのそれと同おなじように、その葛藤かっとうである。

The heart of the tragedy, as of a short story, is a conflict.
人種じんしゅ間かんには様々さまざまな葛藤かっとう、軋轢あつれきがあることは、本書ほんしょにおいても明あきらかにされているところである。

That there are various conflicts, frictions, within the races of man is a point made clear within this book as well.