競争相手
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Meanings
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A person or entity one competes against in business, sports, or other contests.
He faces a strong competitor in business.
Our rival in the next match is last year's championship team.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉を競争相手にするto treat someone as a competitor/rival
He treats that company as his biggest competitor.
- 競争相手に勝つto beat a competitor
We managed to beat our competitor with the new product.
- 強力な競争相手a strong/formidable competitor
There are many strong competitors in that market.
- 〈人〉の競争相手として現れるto emerge as someone's competitor
A new startup emerged as a competitor to the industry giant.