敵

Readings

• Go-on: じゃく (jaku)^{←ぢやく (dyaku, historical)}
• Kan-on: てき (teki, Jōyō)
• Kun: あだ (ada, 敵)、かたき (kataki, 敵, Jōyō)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かたき [kàtákíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ta̠kʲi]

Noun

敵(かたき) • (kataki) 

1. an enemy
2. revenge, vengeance

   親(おや)の敵(かたき)

   oya no kataki

   revenge for one's parent's death

   • 2005 January 10, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “第(だい)34話(わ)　復(ふく)讐(しゅう)の槍(やり) [Chapter 34: The Lance of Vengeance]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], volume 9 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 60:

     妹(いもうと)の仇(かたき)だ！何(なん)万(まん)人(にん)だろうが地(じ)獄(ごく)へ送(おく)ってやる‼

     Imōto no kataki da! Nanmannin darō ga jigoku e okutte yaru‼

     This is vengeance for my sister! Keep coming, all of you! I’ll send you all straight to hell‼

3. opponent (of the game or conflict)
4. (archaic, obsolete) marriage partner

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てき [tèkí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [te̞kʲi]

Noun

敵(てき) • (teki) 

1. [from early 1200s] an enemy

   敵(てき)は本能寺(ほんのうじ)にあり。

   Teki wa Honnō-ji ni ari.

   The enemy is at Honnō-ji. (attributed to Akechi Mitsuhide)

   • 1999 March 1, “とろける赤(あか)き影(かげ) (torokeru akaki kage) [Melting Red Shadow]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:

     体(からだ)を溶(と)かして足(あし)もとの影(かげ)にもぐり、敵(てき)の真(ま)下(した)から攻(こう)撃(げき)する。

     Karada o tokashite ashimoto no kage ni moguri, teki no mashita kara kōgeki suru.

     It strikes its enemies directly from below as its melting body dives in the shadows under their feet.

2. [from early 1800s] an opponent, a competitor

   敵(てき)を倒(たお)す

   teki o taosu

   defeat an opponent

   • 2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第60話(だいろくじゅうわ) - 少(しょう)女(じょ)の決(けつ)意(い) (dairokujūwa - shōjo no ketsui) [Chapter 60: A Girl’s Resolve]”, in 東京アンダーグラウンド (Tōkyō Andāguraundo) [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, pages 24–25:

     敵(てき)であるオマエを信(しん)じろと言(い)うのか？

     Teki de aru omae o shinjiro to iu no ka?

     You’re my opponent. Why should I believe you?

3. [1466–???] (historical) the other party in a lawsuit
4. [from 1678] 的: (historical) in the red-light district, a term of reference used between prostitutes and customers

Pronoun

敵(てき) • (teki) 

1. [from 1811] 的: (historical) (by extension from the red-light district usage) term of third-person reference: that guy, that one

   Synonym: やつ (yatsu)

2. [from 1809] 的: (historical, mildly derogatory) (by extension from the red-light district usage) term of second-person reference: you

   Synonym: お前 (omae)

Compounds