天敵 – Vocabulary details

天てん敵てき

Meanings

Noun

1. natural enemy

カエルの天てん敵てきとして真まっ先さきに思おもい浮うかぶのは蛇へびだろう。The first natural enemy of frogs that comes to mind is probably the snake.

Kanji used

天

heaven

敵

enemy

Pitch accent

て

んてき

Used in: 1142

Composed of

天てん

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

敵てき

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

Used in vocabulary (1 in total)

天てん敵てき関かん係けい

relationship of being natural enemies

Examples (2 in total)

鳥とりは昆こん虫ちゅうの天てん敵てきです。

Birds are natural enemies of insects.

カエルの天てん敵てきとして真まっ先さきに思おもい浮うかぶのは蛇へびだろう。