contention contention n. 争い; 論争; 論点, 主張.【動詞+】The facts will back my contention.事実が私の論点を裏書きすることになるだろうI will have to challenge that contention.私はその主張に異議を申し立てなければならなくなるだろうMy contention was disallowed.私の主張は通らなかったT
a bone of contention a bóne of conténtion [discórd] 争点,論点;不和のもと[種]《◆犬が骨を奪い合うことから》.
bone of contention 《a ~》争いのもと、不和{ふわ}の種、議論{ぎろん}の主題{しゅだい}[論点{ろんてん}]The education of our children is a bone of contention between my wife and me. 子どもたちの教育問題が、私と妻の間の不和の種である。
in kyushu , where the kikuchi clan of the southern court faction , which was protecting prince kaneyoshi , who was a both a member of the imperial family and the seisai taishogun (literally , " great general who subdues the western barbarians " ), noriuji isshiki (doken ), who was the kyushu tandai (regional commissioner in kyushu ) under the ashikaga clan and was based in the hakata district , and yorinao shoni , who was an official of dazaifu (governmental office with jurisdiction over kyushu , iki and tsushima under the ritsuryo system ), had been in contention with each other , tadafuyu fought against the isshiki clan , who had received the order from shogun takauji to subjugate tadafuyu , and cooperated with the seisaifu government of imperial prince kaneyoshi , with the aim of capturing dazaifu . 九州には、征西将軍宮懐良親王を擁する南朝方の菊池氏や、足利方の九州探題で博多を本拠とした一色範氏(道猷)、大宰府の少弐頼尚らの勢力が鼎立していたところ、直冬は、将軍尊氏より直冬の討伐命令を受けた一色氏らと戦い、懐良親王の征西府と協調路線を取り大宰府攻略を目指す。