小競り合い

こぜりあい

skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble

Also written 小競合い、小ぜり合い

Meanings

Noun
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle
squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument; bickering

Example sentences

国境こっきょう問題もんだいでの小競こぜり合あいから重大じゅうだいな国際紛争こくさいふんそうへと広ひろがりました。

A small border dispute ballooned into a major international incident.