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
- —敵性戦闘員enemy combatant
- —敵味方識別Identification, Friend or Foe; IFF
- —対敵諜報機関counterintelligence agency
- —敵に塩を送るto save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness; to show humanity even to one's enemy; to help one's enemy in difficulty
- —不倶戴天の敵mortal enemy; sworn enemy; nemesis
- —敵に捕らわれるto be caught by the enemy
- —敵対的企業買収hostile buyout
- —汝の敵を愛せよlove your enemies
- —敵は本能寺にありhis true objective lies elsewhere; there are ulterior motives at play; the enemy is at Honnōji
- —敵に後ろを見せるto flee from one's enemy; to turn tail; to expose one's weakness to an adversary
- —昨日の友は今日の敵a friend today may turn against you tomorrow
- —向かうところ敵無しunbeatable; invincible; irresistible
- —敵の急所は我が急所the enemy's key point is yours
- —敵を欺くにはまず味方からin fooling the enemy first deceive your allies
- —敵を知り己を知れば百戦危うからずknow your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
- —小敵weak opponent; weak enemy
- —敵状enemy movements; enemy's position
- —頓敵thoughtlessness; thoughtless person
- —讎敵bitter enemy; mortal enemy; nemesis
- —敵がい心hostility; enmity