Conflict

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 団 (Group), less common than 章 (Chapter).

A wolverine (爫) slashes at an escalator (ヨ) — animals fight over the moving stairs, creating conflict.

In words

争うあらそう to dispute,to argue,to be at variance,to competeN2

争いあらそい dispute;strife;quarrel;dissension;conflict;rivalry;contestN1

競争きょうそう competitionN4

争 is rank 446 of 2,608 in published Japanese.