► 名詞
敵 [(2)てき] meaning: enemy rank: 1
☆ ストレスは健康の敵 ⇨ Stress is an enemy for your health
☆ 我々は敵を打ち破った ⇨ We defeated our enemy
敵 [かたき] meaning: rival rank: 4
☆ 彼は商売敵より安く売ろうと頑張っている ⇨ He is trying to sell at lower prices than his business rival
More examples:
- 敵の戦闘機が領空を侵犯した ⇨ An enemy fighter invaded our airspace
- 彼は政敵の罠にはまった ⇨ He got caught in a trap set by his political rival
- 兄弟間の敵対心 ⇨ Hostility between siblings
- 政敵を陥れるための策略 ⇨ A scheme to frame a political foe
- 彼等が負けた事それ自体はそれ程驚きでないが、敵に完全に圧倒されたことは驚きだった ⇨ Their losing itself was not that big a surprise, but the way they were completely dominated by the opponent was
- 我々は敵がどう出るかを観察している ⇨ We are monitoring how the enemy moves, what kind of moves they make
- 敵はじわりじわりと近付いてきている ⇨ The enemy is slowly getting closer
- 彼等は敵の軍を簡単に蹴散らした ⇨ They easily kicked around, defeated, the enemy troops
- 彼は政敵を暗殺しようとした ⇨ He tried to assassinate his political foe
- 彼等は敵に徹底的に抗戦した ⇨ They fiercely fought back against the enemy
- 情報は敵の手に渡った ⇨ The information was obtained by the enemy
- 敵が簡単に降伏すると思っていたのは大誤算だった (だいごさん) ⇨ It was a big miscalculation that the enemy would surrender quickly
- 彼は並み居る強敵を倒して優勝した ⇨ He beat all the strong rivals and won the championship
- 彼等の守備陣は敵の攻撃を完全に封じた ⇨ Their defense completely shut down the opponent’s offence
- 彼は囮になって敵を引き寄せた ⇨ He became a decoy and lured the enemy