相手

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)”, 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”, 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.