相手

Japanese

相(あい)手(て) • (aite) ^{←あひて (afite)^?}

other person
相(あい)手(て)の立(たち)場(ば)
aite no tachiba
the other person's perspective
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
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.

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN