Illustration: During a beginner social-dance session in a community centre, two adults face each other, holding one another’s hands as they practise a simple step. One watches the other’s feet with comic concentration while their partner offers an encouraging smile and deliberately matches their pace.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

相あい手て

aite

partner, companion

Example sentences

  1. あなたのダンスの相手あいてはだれですか。

    Who is your dance partner?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしには相談そうだん相手あいてがいない。

    I have no one to go to for advice.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 文通ぶんつう相手あいてが欲ほしいな。

    I want a pen friend.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 相手

  • 相inter-; mutualOnソウ・ショウKunあい-
  • 手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences
Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store
For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store