- 〔大勢が技を競うこと〕(a) competition, a contest ((with a person for a thing))；〔相手と勝負すること〕rivalry
競争する compete, vie ((with a person for a thing))
- 生存競争
- a struggle for existence
- 競争に勝つ［負ける］
- defeat [be defeated by] one's competitor／「win out over [lose out to] one's competitor(s)
- その産業での競争は激烈である
- There's cutthroat competition in that industry.
- 知事選での競争は激しかった
- There was a hot race [contest] for governor.／The governorship was hotly contested.
- 彼とでは競争にならない
- 〔彼が弱すぎて〕He is no match for me.／〔彼が強すぎて〕I'm no match for him.
- 競争圏内［外］にいる
- be in [out of] the running ((for the championship))
- 競争相手a competitor, a rival；〔総称〕the competition
- 競争意識(a sense of) rivalry
- 競争価格a competitive price
- 競争原理the principle of competition；〔市場の〕the principle of (free) competition, the principle of market mechanisms
- 競争原理が働けば経済は活性化すると言われている
- It is said that the economy will gain momentum when the principle of competition comes into play.
- 競争試験a competitive examination
- 競争社会a competitive society
- 競争心a competitive spirit
- 競争心を駆り立てる［煽る］
- arouse (a sense of) rivalry in a person
- 競争率the competitive rate
- 競争率は2.5倍だ
- Only 40 percent of the applicants will be accepted.／There are 2.5 applicants for each opening.（▼openingは就職口などの空席）
- 競争力ability to compete／competitiveness
- 労働賃金が高いのでわが社の製品は世界市場で競争力がない
- Because of high labor costs, our products cannot compete on the world market.
