敵てき
Meanings
Noun
1. opponent; rival; adversary
It doesn't matter whether the enemy is strong or weak.
2. menace; danger; threat; enemy
Sweets are the enemy of dieting.
Kanji used
enemy
Pitch accent
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Top 800
Used in vocabulary (85 in total)
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
hostility; animosity; enmity
hostility; antagonism; opposition
Examples (130 in total)
The enemy can't get close.
Don't let the enemy get close.
Luxury is the enemy!
It intimidates the enemy.
Defeat the enemy.
She's my enemy.
She attacked the enemy.
You're my enemy.
That was the enemy's objective.
Know yourself as well as your enemy.
We're going to wipe out these enemies.
Fight against a common enemy.
The enemy was hiding among our own people!
The enemy's route has changed!
The spy made contact with the enemy.
The enemy were driven out of the land.
They overcame the enemy.
Sweets are the enemy of dieting.
Lack of sleep is the enemy of beauty.
Cigarettes are a menace to your health.
We cut off the enemy's supply route.
English grammar is my enemy.
I don't have a single enemy.
The enemy attacked the town.
Even so, there are many enemies.
They are not enemies, but friends.
Someone leaked the secret to the enemy.
The problem is the enemy's true identity.
The enemy army laid siege to the castle.
The kingdom was invaded by the enemy.
At least, this person isn't an enemy.
The enemy, by contrast, is just one person.
What is the enemy's deployment like?
Above all, the actual enemy moves.
It was a relief that the enemy's movements were sluggish.
Today's friends are tomorrow's enemies.
The fortress was in the enemy's hands.
The traitor betrayed his country to the enemy.
We inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.
We defeated various enemies.
The best is often the enemy of the good.
I disguised myself because I wanted to avoid being found by the enemy.
The real problem is the enemy's movements.
We finally entered the enemy's stronghold.
The pistol slips from the enemy's hand.
The enemy is coming back, having heard the sound!
The allies' good fortune was the enemy's misfortune.
They combined forces to fight the enemy.
We retook the castle the enemy had seized.
The enemy's movements are not uniform.
The enemy kept up their attack all day.
We have no choice but to wait for the enemy's attack.
To deceive the enemy, start by deceiving your own allies.
The army advanced on the enemy.
The document passed into the enemy's hands.
The enemy kept up the attack all night.
The city fell to the enemy.
He yielded the castle to the enemy.
He has many enemies in the political world.
They monitored the enemy's radio communications.
Finally they gave in to their enemy.
It doesn't matter whether the enemy is strong or weak.
They began to make violent attacks against the enemy.
The soldiers resisted the enemy attack.
It is easy to escape from enemies and easy to launch attacks.
They conceived a plan to surprise the enemy.
Strike the enemy with your palm, not your fist.
I want you to do everything you can to stop the enemy from moving.
In that case, we have no choice but to play along with the enemy's trap.
After our first attack, the enemy fled.
The castle was besieged by the enemy for three months.
At the same time, there is also the aim of pulling the enemy away.
There is no need to show mercy to the enemy.
You never know what a cornered enemy will do.
Enemy information is automatically recorded.
We fired guns at the enemy.
Admittedly, we fell right into the enemy's trap.
I regarded the man as an enemy.
We did somehow manage to defeat the enemy's main force.
When attacked by an enemy, a squid squirts ink.
Harsh climate and terrain hinder the enemy.
The country is in the grasp of the enemy.
We need to band together to beat the enemy.
Our army staged a night raid against the enemy.
That village is the enemy's last stronghold.
They sank ten enemy ships.
Furthermore, there is also the possibility that the enemy will launch a raid.
Eh? Wouldn't doing such a thing end up helping the enemy?
Dodging that, we'll charge straight inside the enemy's guard.
But now, she is standing boldly against the enemy.
Though the enemy's defenses were strong, we tried to break through.
Automatically evades or defends against attacks from enemies.
Investigate thoroughly the bushes where the enemy may be hiding.
The enemy fell over backward and hit the ground with a thud.
Because monopolizing technology will create many enemies.
Before I knew it, the number of enemies had decreased considerably.
However, the enemy's wall is thick and seems endless.
I have never had any enemies other than those of the state.
Really, how did the enemy build a moat like this?
Doubt seizes the mind, impairing concentration on the enemy.
It seems the enemy sees through that level of thinking.
It is to be on guard against enemies who might come from the west side.
The people saved their country from the enemies.
There's also a risk that the enemy will sneak in, taking advantage of the confusion.
The soldiers were exposed to the enemy's fire.
Macbeth raised an army to attack his enemy.
Don't let this codebook fall into enemy hands.
He betrayed us by telling the enemy where we were.
However, information regarding that enemy had been completely concealed until now.
As long as you fight together with your companions, there is no enemy you cannot defeat.
Do you really think many enemies give in to sleepiness in the middle of a fight?
However, thanks to this magic, the enemy's momentum weakened.
I don't have a single arrow, so I can't shoot at the enemy.
They sounded the alarm when they saw the enemy approaching.
The villagers regarded the stranger as their enemy.
Those who possess great power have equally powerful enemies.
After the battle they delivered the town to the enemy.
It seems he thinks that the likes of me are no longer a match for him.
It was three days later that I got a direct look at the enemy.
In response to that order, the army began to slowly retreat while keeping the enemy in check.
Completely surrounded by our troops, the enemy finally surrendered to us.
The enemy, naturally, becomes wary upon learning that the soldiers are massing and beginning to move.
With their new guns, the enemy can shoot from far away, and in rapid succession at that.
It means that it is not only the enemy that suffers the damage.
The soldier refused to fire his rifle at the enemy.
Even my boss, my seniors, the people who joined in my year, and my juniors start to seem like enemies.
As we kept up the siege like that, the enemy eventually made contact.
He was a brave warrior who had spent most of his life fighting his enemies.
How long can we hold out against the superior enemy attacks?
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.