| Example in Japanese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| 現在、「競争」を悪い言葉と思っている人は多い。 | To many people today, "competitive" is a bad word. |
| 競争？ | Competition? |
| パパも 競争（仕事）に戻らないと | Well, just make sure that she knows that to, um, to win the race... |
| - 競争？ | - Racer? Huh? - GIRL: |
| 競争する？ | You want to race me? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | تنافس | Catalan | competir |
| Dutch | beconcurreren,mededingen, meedingen, opboksen, opbollen, rivaliseren, wedijveren | English | compete |
| Esperanto | konkurenci, konkuri, konkursi, rivali | Estonian | konkureerima, reivlema, võistlema |
| Finnish | kilpailla, mitellä, otella | French | compétitionner, concourir, concurrencer, rivaliser |
| German | konkurrieren, wetteifern | Greek | ανταγωνίζομαι, ανταλλάζω, συναγωνίζομαι |
| Hebrew | התמודד | Hungarian | verseng, versenyez, vetélkedik |
| Icelandic | keppa | Indonesian | adu, beradu, bersaing |
| Italian | competere, gareggiare, rivaleggiare | Latvian | konkurēt |
| Lithuanian | konkuruoti | Macedonian | се натпреварува |
| Norwegian | konkurrera, konkurrere | Polish | rywalizować, współzawodniczyć |
| Portuguese | competir | Russian | конкурировать, равняться, соперничать, соревноваться |
| Spanish | competir, concursar, rivalizar | Swedish | konkurrera, tävla |
| Thai | แข่ง, ชิง | Turkish | ölçüşmek |
| Vietnamese | cạnh tranh, đua, ganh đua, thi thố, tranh, tranh đua |