旧きゅう敵てき

noun

old enemy; former foe

Refers to a person, group, or nation that was once an enemy, often in a historical or narrative context. Can carry a nuance of past conflict now resolved or remembered.

• 戦せん後ご、旧きゅう敵てき国こくとの関かん係けい改かい善ぜんが進すすんだ。

  After the war, relations with former enemy nations improved.

• 彼かれはかつての旧きゅう敵てきと握あく手しゅを交かわした。

  He shook hands with his old enemy from the past.