nemesis

宿敵、天敵

最大の敵、または特に勝つのが難しい相手。

やさしい英語で： Someone who is your main enemy or a rival you find especially difficult to beat.

• That team is our nemesis.
• She finally defeated her longtime nemesis.
• The detective faced his nemesis again.

類義語： archenemy, enemy, rival

反対語： ally

よく使う表現： someone’s nemesis, face a nemesis, longtime nemesis

破滅をもたらす者

運命に定められたかのように、他人を最終的な敗北や破滅に導く人。

やさしい英語で： Someone whose actions cause another person’s final defeat or ruin, often as if this were their fate.

• The betrayed servant became the king’s nemesis.
• His nemesis brought his rule to an end.
• The story reveals who will be the hero’s nemesis.

類義語： destroyer

よく使う表現： become someone’s nemesis, tragic nemesis

悲劇的欠点の具現化

悲劇の主人公を失敗に導く、その人自身の弱点を体現する登場人物。

やさしい英語で： A character who represents the personal weakness that causes a tragic hero to fail.

• The nemesis represents the hero’s pride.
• In this tragedy, his nemesis gives his weakness a human face.
• The critic described the character as the hero’s nemesis.

よく使う表現： hero’s nemesis, tragic nemesis

正反対の人物、対極

主な性質が別の人とはまったく異なる人や登場人物。

やさしい英語で： A person or character who is completely different from another in their main qualities.

• The gentle brother is the warrior’s nemesis.
• Her nemesis is generous where she is selfish.
• The novel presents two characters as each other’s nemesis.

類義語： antithesis, opposite

よく使う表現： someone’s nemesis, moral nemesis