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あいて 相手

〈仲間〉 a companion; a partner

〈勝負の〉 an opponent; a rival

〈電話などで〉 the person one is speaking to; 【形式ばった表現】 one's party

相手にする[なる]

deal with somebody

〈競技の〉 take somebody on 《at golf》; play somebody 《at tennis》; play 《hockey》 against 《England》

相手にしない

refuse to deal with somebody

have nothing to do with somebody

ignore

spurn

相手をする

keep somebody company

entertain 《one's guests》

用例

今の電話の相手はどなたですか. Who did you speak to on the phone just now? 相手が悪い. I hate dealing with him.｜He is a tough customer to deal with. 相手のないけんかはできない. It takes two to make a quarrel. 相手を見てものを言うがいい. Do you realize who you're talking to?｜Is that the way you talk to me? 新聞記者を相手にする時には気をつけた方がいい. You need to be careful (when you're dealing) with newspapermen. 改心しなければだれも相手にしてくれないぞ. If you don't mend your ways, no one will have anything to do with you. 僕はとても君の相手になれない. I am no match for you. あの男なら相手にとって不足はない. He is a worthy opponent for me.

相手方

the other party

相手役

(劇・映画で)お相手役を勤める

play 《the part of Ophelia》 opposite 《Olivier as Hamlet》.

斎藤和英大辞典

相手

読み方 あいて

名詞

1

（＝仲間）a companion; a fellow; a mate

用例

貴婦人のお相手役
a lady's companion

男が婦人のお相手役をする
A man gallants a lady.

お相手をしましょう
I will keep you company―bear you company.

2

（＝共に商売などをする仲間）one's partner

3

（＝敵手）（one's） adversary, antagonist, opponent, match

用例

彼は相手として不足は無い
He is a good match for me―a foeman worthy of my steel.

あの相撲は相手を上手にあしらう
He handles his antagonist with skill.

4

（＝競技の敵手）one's rival; one's competitor

用例

競争の相手を抜く
One outruns one's competitor―（船なら）―One ship outsails another

5

（＝けんかなどの相手）one's man; the other party

用例

さあ来い、俺が相手になってやる
Come on, I am your man.

誰でも来い、俺が相手になってやる
Let any one come, I am his man.

相手は知れている
I know my man―I know whom I have to deal with.

僕は相手を見損なったことが無い
I never mistook my man.

けんか相手
some one to quarrel with

相手の無いけんかをする
to fight windmills

相手の無いけんかはできぬ
“It takes two to make a quarrel.”

相手は無いか
Will any one quarrel with me?

相手になろう
I will be your man.

こんなけんかの相手にならぬ
I will be no party to such a quarrel―I will have nothing to do with such an affair.

恋わずらい?　相手は誰だ
Love-sick? Who is the other party?

訴訟の相手方
the other party

6

（＝相手になれるなれぬの相手）a match （for some one）; （one's） match, equal, rival, fellow

用例

僕はとても君の相手にはなれぬ
I am no match for you―not a patch upon you.

君は強過ぎて相手になれぬ
You are more than a match for me―too much for me.

俺の相手になれる奴が無い
I never met my match―I can not find my fellow―I shall never see my equal.

学問ではあの人の相手は無い
In learning, he has no equal―no rival.

彼は相手にするに足らぬ
He is no match for me―not worthy of my steel.

君を相手にして勝てる見込みが無い
I stand no chance against you.

7

（＝一対の片々の相手）the fellow （to a shoe, a glove, etc.）

用例

この手袋の相手が無い
I can not find the fellow to this glove.

8

〈以下特例〉

用例

人を相手にする
to deal with a man

相手が田舎者だと見ると先生なかなか吹く
When he has a countryman to deal with, he will blow pretty hard.

相手は弱い女だと思うと脅そうとする
When he has to deal with a woman, he will try to intimidate her.

彼はこんな難物を相手にしている
He has to deal with such troublesome characters―He has such hard cases to deal with.

相手は知れている
I know whom I have to deal with.

相手が相手だから油断はできぬ
I must be on my guard, for I have no common enemy to deal with.

相手は名代の悪党だ
I have to deal with a notorious scoundrel.

僕はあんな者の相手にならぬ
I will have nothing to do with such men―have nothing to say to such men.

そんなことを言う奴があるなら俺が相手だ（そんなことを言うと俺が承知しない）
Those who say such things, will have to deal with me―have to reckon with me.

誰もあの男を相手にしない
Nobody will have anything to do with him―have anything to say to him―take any notice of him.

英語の雑誌といえば学生を相手にする雑誌ばかりだ
The English magazines are all those appealing to the students.

9

〈熟語〉

用例

話し相手
one's interlocutor

話し相手が欲しい
I want some one to talk to.

話し相手が無くて困る
I have no one to talk to.

相談相手
an adviser―a counsellor

相談相手が欲しい
I want some one to whom I can go for advice.

相談相手が無くて困る
I have no one to go for advice―I am thrown upon my own resources.

酒飲み相手
a boon companion

相手をしてくれんか
Will you take wine with me?

お相手いたしてもよろしい
I don't mind taking a glass of wine with you.

女将に酒の相手をしてもらった
I asked the landlady to take wine with me―I requested her company over my wine.

茶飲み相手
one's crony

老人には茶飲み相手が必要だ
An old man must have his crony.

碁や将棋の相手
some one to play chess or go with

あの人は親父の碁の相手だ
He plays go with my father.

お相手をしましょうか
Will you have a game with me?

JMdict

相手

読み方：あいて

(1)

（名詞） companion; partner; company

(2)

other party; addressee

(3)

opponent (sports, etc.)

JST科学技術用語日英対訳辞書

相手

partner; companion

ライフサイエンス辞書

相手

**** あいて

(n*) opponent **

関連語

対抗勢力

opponentの共起表現

日本語WordNet(英和)

相手

【名詞】

1 company

装備を含む消防士たちの一団

(a unit of firefighters including their equipment)

a hook-and-ladder company はしご消防車隊

2 companion

支払いを受けて、他の人と同行する、補助する、または同居する人

(one paid to accompany or assist or live with another)

3 opposite, opponent, opposition

対抗している競争相手

(a contestant that you are matched against)

4 challenger, competitor, rival, contender, competition

打ち負かしたいと願う競争相手

(the contestant you hope to defeat)

he had respect for his rivals 彼は自分のライバルを尊敬した he wanted to know what the competition was doing 彼は競争相手が何をやっているか知りたがった

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