Illustration: In a neighborhood cooking classroom, a young beginner and an older professional cook stand behind two equally impressive plates of finely sliced cabbage. The strands on both plates are equally thin and even, and the finished mounds are the same size.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

匹ひっ敵てき

hitteki

to rival, to equal

Example sentences

  1. あなたは知力ちりょくで彼かれに匹敵ひってきしている。

    You are equal to him in intelligence.

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  2. それに匹敵ひってきする物ものがない。

    It has no parallel.

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  3. 彼かれには匹敵ひってきするものがない。

    He is without parallel.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 匹敵

  • 匹equal; headOnヒツKunひき
  • 敵enemy; foeOnテキKunかたき・あだ・かなう

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