► 成句
相手 [あいて] [相手になる] meaning: compete rank: 1
☆ 彼はテニスが凄く強くて私では相手にならない ⇨ He is so good at tennis that I can’t even come close to competing with him
相手 [あいて] [相手にする] meaning: deal rank: 1
☆ あいつは相手にしないほうがいい ⇨ You’d better not deal with him. You should ignore him
相手 [あいて] [相手をする] meaning: deal rank: 1
☆ いくら子供好きでも一日中子供の相手をするのは疲れる ⇨ Even when you love kids, it is tiring to deal with them all day
► 名詞
相手 [あいて] meaning: counterpart rank: 1
☆ あなたは相手の気持ちを考えたことは無いの？ ⇨ Have you ever thought about the other person’s feelings?
☆ 交渉は相手の出方次第だ ⇨ The negotiation depends on the strategy of the other side
☆ 彼の喧嘩の相手は全く罰せられなかった ⇨ His counterpart in the fight was not punished at all
相手 [あいて] meaning: opponent rank: 1
☆ 弱いもの苛めするな。俺が相手になってやる ⇨ Don’t bully the weak. I will be your opponent, fight with you
☆ 次の試合の相手は誰？ ⇨ Who is the opponent for the next game?
相手 [あいて] meaning: partner rank: 1
☆ 彼は結婚の相手が見つからない ⇨ He hasn’t been able to find a marriage partner
☆ 彼女はダンスの相手を探している ⇨ She’s looking for a dance partner
相手 [あいて] meaning: person rank: 1
☆ 母は私の相談相手だ ⇨ My mom is the one I talk to when I have issues
☆ 彼は私の練習相手だ ⇨ He is my practice partner (☛ Someone who does something with you one on one)
More examples:
- 相手に組み付く ⇨
- 彼等は相手を完璧に負かした ⇨ They completely beat, dominated, the opponent
- 彼は相手を一点だけに抑えた ⇨ He held the opponent to just one score
- 文通相手 ⇨ A pen pal
- 彼等は相手の反撃を何とか抑えて勝った ⇨ They somehow managed to stem the opponent’s comeback and won
- 彼等は競争相手に新技術で先を越されて切歯扼腕した ⇨ They’re very bitter about being beaten by the rival to implement the new technology
- 彼は相手に「お前こそどうなんだ」と聞き返した ⇨ He asked back to the other guy “what about you?”
- 彼等は相手のミスのお陰で勝ちを拾った ⇨ They get an unlikely win thanks to the opponent’s mistake
- 彼は相手に抑え込まれ、じたばたもがいたが逃れることが出来なかった ⇨ He was pinned to the floor by his opponent. He struggled desperately but wasn’t able to escape
- 彼の不用意な発言が相手の不信感を募らせた ⇨ His careless comment made the mistrust of the other side worse
- 彼は緩急自在の投球で相手を零点に抑えた ⇨ He had a complete command of the speed of his pitches and shut out the opponent
- あんたの相手をしている暇は無い ⇨ I don’t have time to deal with you
- 私達は相手の守備を攻めあぐんだ ⇨ We struggled to break down their defense
- 僕は最後の切り札を使って相手を負かした ⇨ I beat the opponent using my final trump card, secret weapon
- 彼は相手に柔道の技を決めた ⇨ He successfully used a Judo technique (and scored points)