► 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:
- 彼等は街を敵から奪還した ⇨ They regained the town from the enemy
- 兄弟間の敵対心 ⇨ Hostility between siblings
- 彼等は敵の猛反撃にあって退却を余儀無くされた ⇨ They met a fierce counterattack by the enemy and were force to retreat
- 敵の本当の狙いが何か分からない ⇨ We’re not sure of the real goal, intent, of the enemy
- 首都は敵の手に落ちた ⇨ The capital has been fell into the enemy’s hands, occupied
- 米国は敵に本土を攻撃されたことが無かった ⇨ US had never been attacked in the main land by an enemy
- 彼等は敵に徹底的に抗戦した ⇨ They fiercely fought back against the enemy
- 敵を軽んじるな ⇨ Don’t belittle, underestimate, your opponent
- 彼等は敵の陣地に潜入した ⇨ They infiltrated into the enemy territory
- 敵の攻撃の知らせに兵士達は色めき立った ⇨ The news of the enemy attack made the soldiers agitated
- 彼等は敵陣深くに進撃した ⇨ They advanced deep into the enemy territory
- 彼等は敵の奇襲に泡を食った (あわをくう) ⇨ They ate bubbles, got caught completely off guard, by the enemy’s ambush
- 彼等は街を敵から奪い返した ⇨ They regained the town from the enemy
- 私達は敵の弱点を突いた ⇨ We attacked the enemy’s weakness
- 敵を侮るな ⇨ Don’t underestimate your enemy