► 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:
- 敵は全く隙を見せない ⇨ The enemy doesn’t show any lapse (to exploit)
- 我々は敵の機密情報を手に入れた (てにいれる) ⇨ We obtained the classified information of the enemy
- 彼は敵を刀で斬りつけた ⇨ He swung his sword at his enemy
- 彼女は笑顔が素敵だ ⇨ She has a beautiful, attractive, smile
- 敵を欺くにはまず味方から ⇨ In order to deceive your enemy you have to deceive your friends first
- 彼等は敵に複数の方向から攻撃を加えた ⇨ They attacked the enemy from multiple sides
- 敵の戦闘機が領空を侵犯した ⇨ An enemy fighter invaded our airspace
- 多くの動物は敵を威嚇するために牙を剥く ⇨ Many animals bare their teeth to intimidate enemies
- 彼等は街を敵から奪還した ⇨ They regained the town from the enemy
- 彼等は新兵器の開発で敵に先行している ⇨ They are ahead of the enemies in the development of the new weapon
- 敵軍が国境付近に結集している ⇨ The enemy force is gathering by the border
- 日本のラグビーは力では敵わないので速さで勝負する ⇨ Japanese Rugby can’t compete with power, so they rely on speed
- 彼等は敵を奇襲した ⇨ They launched a surprise attack on the enemy
- 彼等は敵の戦艦を砲撃した ⇨ They shelled the enemy battleship
- 彼は追いすがる敵を振り切ってレースに勝った ⇨ He won the race by shaking off the opponent who tried to catch him