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敵 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 敵 意味

enemy, foe, opponent

敵 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

かたき kataki
あだ ada
かな.う kana.u

KUNYOMI 訓読み

テキ teki

Examples

ある男を判断するには、その人の友人によるのと同様に敵によって判断するのがいいだろう。You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
彼は敵を料理した。He easily licked his opponent.
敵を利用すべきだ。You should avail yourself of enemies.
彼らは敵に向かって進んだ。They advanced on the enemy.
彼女には敵はいない。She doesn’t have any enemies.
彼は政界に敵が多い。He has many enemies in the political world.
彼らは敵を攻撃した。They attacked the enemy.
われわれは敵を破った。We defeated the enemy.
兵士たちは敵の攻撃に抵抗した。The soldiers resisted the enemy attack.

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