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    3. 宿敵

    宿敵

    宿しゅく敵てき

    old enemy

    KMT9News #26+1Ref L2NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab26 strokes

    しゅくてき

    Noun

    1.
    old enemy, longtime enemy, arch-enemy, traditional rival, longstanding foe

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    彼かれは私わたしの宿しゅく敵てきだ。

    He is my arch-enemy.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    その二ふたつのチームは、長なが年ねんの宿しゅく敵てきとして知しられている。

    Those two teams are known as long-standing rivals.

    KMT9Sports & Martial ArtsEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの心こころの中なかには、宿しゅく敵てきへの深ふかい憎にくしみが渦うず巻まいていた。

    Deep hatred for his arch-enemy swirled within his heart.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyLiterature
    この試し合あいは、宿しゅく敵てき同どう士しのプライドをかけた戦たたかいとなるだろう。

    This match will be a battle for pride between arch-rivals.

    KMT9Sports & Martial ArtsEmotions & Psychology
    物ものが語たりの主しゅ人じん公こうは、ついに宿しゅく敵てきとの最さい終しゅう決けっ戦せんに挑いどむことになった。

    The protagonist of the story finally had to challenge their arch-enemy in a final decisive battle.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    宿
    やど・やど.る・やど.す…(4)
    inn・lodging・relay station・dwell・lodge…(3)
    敵
    かたき・あだ・かな.う…(1)
    enemy・foe・opponent
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