こいがたき

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See also: 戀敵 and 恋敌

Japanese

Alternative spelling
恋敵

Etymology

From (こい) (koi, love) + (かたき) (kataki, enemy). The kataki changes to gataki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

こいがたき (koigatakiこひがたき (kofigataki)?

  1. rival in love

References

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