相手

Japanese
Kanji in this term
相 手
あい
Grade: 3		 て
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あいて​ [àítéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ite̞]

Noun

相(あい)手(て) • (aite) ←あひて (afite)?

  1. other person
    相(あい)手(て)の立(たち)場(ば)
    aite no tachiba
    the other person's perspective
  2. partner
    相談(そうだん)相(あい)手(て)がいない。
    Sōdan aite ga inai.
    I don't have anyone I can talk with.
    不(ふ)倫(りん)相(あい)手(て)
    furin aite
    partner in adultery/cheating
  3. opponent
    • 1999 September 23, “響(ヒビキ)女(メ) [Noisemaiden]”, in Vol.5, Konami:
      耳(みみ)障(ざわ)りな音(おと)をガンガン響(ひび)かせる。相(あい)手(て)を行(こう)動(どう)不(ふ)能(のう)にしてしまう。
      Mimizawari na oto o gangan hibikaseru. Aite o kōdō funō ni shiteshimau.
      She creates ear-piercing noise which renders her opponents immobile.
    • 1999 October 17, “くちばしヘビ [Beaked Snake]”, in BOOSTER 5, Konami:
      相(あい)手(て)を長(なが)い体(からだ)で締(し)め上(あ)げ、大(おお)きなくちばしでつついて攻(こう)撃(げき)。
      Aite o nagai karada de shimeage, ōki na kuchibashi de tsutsuite kōgeki.
      It attacks by pecking at its opponent with its huge beak while constricting them with its long body.

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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