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Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
相手 • (aite) ←あひて (afite)?
- other person
- 相手の立場
- aite no tachiba
- the other person's perspective
- partner
- 相談相手がいない。
- Sōdan aite ga inai.
- I don't have anyone I can talk with.
- 不倫相手
- furin aite
- partner in adultery/cheating
- opponent
1999 September 23, “響女”, in Vol.5, Konami:
- 耳障りな音をガンガン響かせる。相手を行動不能にしてしまう。
- 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:
- 相手を長い体で締め上げ、大きなくちばしでつついて攻撃。
- 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.