ライバル

Japanese

Etymology

From English rival.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) イバル [ráꜜìbàrù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ɾa̠iba̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ライバル (rōmaji raibaru)

  1. a rival (competitor with the same objective)
    • 2008 February 9, Sorachi, Hideaki, “だい百九十三くん 『プリズンブレイク シーズンツー』ってアレ もうプリズンをブレイクしてるからプリズンブレイクじゃなくね? [Lesson 193: Is There Even a Prison Break in ‘Prison Break Season 2’ If You’ve Already Broken out of Prison in Season 1?]”, in ぎんたま [Silver Soul], volume 22 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      …バカ アンタ… ()るトコ () (ちが)ってんじゃないの
      …Baka Anta… kuru toko machigatten ja nai no
      …Silly. You… aren’t supposed to be here
      ……… () (ちが)ってない ユニフォーム…とりにきただけよ
      ………Machigatte nai Yunifōmu… tori ni kita dake yo
      ………I’m not. I just came… for the uniform
      それでいいのよ それでこそ  (わたし)親友 (ライバル)
      Sore de ii no yo Sore de koso watashi no raibaru
      That’s right. That’s what you came for, my dear frenemy

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