Kanji1 / 15
敵 kanji
enemy, foe, opponent
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
テキ
Kun readings
かたきあだかなう
Words with 敵
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —抗敵opposition; resistance
- —会敵encountering the enemy
- —敵人enemy; foe; opposing side (esp. in battle); rival; opponent (e.g. in a competition); opposing party in a lawsuit
- —讐敵bitter enemy; mortal enemy; nemesis
- —敵部隊enemy forces
- —敵愾心hostility; enmity
- —好敵手worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match
- —敵艦隊enemy fleet
- —敵対国enemy nation
- —敵対者opponent; antagonist
- —敵味方friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
- —敵対視regarding as an enemy; treating as an enemy
- —敵性語language of the enemy (esp. English in Japan during WWII)
- —敵対的hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
- —仮想敵hypothetical enemy; imaginary enemy; potential adversary
- —公敵一号public enemy No. 1
- —敵前逃亡desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
- —無敵艦隊Spanish Armada; invincible armada
- —油断大敵don't let your guard down; carelessness is the great enemy; danger comes soonest when it is despised
- —仮想敵国hypothetical or imaginary enemy