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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

強きょう敵てき

kyouteki

formidable opponent

Example sentences

  1. 癌がんは人類じんるいの強敵きょうてきである。

    Cancer is a great enemy of mankind.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 強敵きょうてきを倒たおして優勝ゆうしょうした

    Defeated a formidable opponent and won

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. これだけの強敵きょうてきに囲かこまれた信長のぶながを、当時とうじは誰だれもが滅亡めつぼうすると思おもっていた。

    At that time, everyone thought that Nobunaga, who was surrounded by such tough enemies, would be ruined sooner or later.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 強敵

  • 強strongOnキョウ・ゴウKunつよい・つよまる・つよめる
  • 敵enemy; foeOnテキKunかたき・あだ・かなう

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