こいがたき

See also: 戀敵 and 恋敌

Japanese

Alternative spelling
恋敵

Etymology

From 恋(こい) (koi, “love”) + 敵(かたき) (kataki, “enemy”). The kataki changes to gataki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こいが​たき [kòígáꜜtàkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞iɡa̠ta̠kʲi]

Noun

こいがたき • (koigataki) ^{←こひがたき (kofigataki)?}

1. rival in love