Alternative spelling of 敵: (rare) enemy, opponent

-ive, -like, -ish, -ic, -ical, -y, kind of, sort of

target / bright, clear

adjective

proactive, positive, active, constructive

(astronomy) irregular galaxy

(grammar) The Classical Japanese bigrade verb conjugation class, consisting of the two subclasses of 上(かみ)二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper-bigrade conjugation”) and 下(しも)二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower-bigrade conjugation”)

(linguistics, uncommon) trigrade conjugation / (informal) 3-step process

(grammar) a verbal conjugation class consisting of five alternating bases: -a, -i, -u, -e, and -o

(Classical Japanese grammar) a verbal conjugation class consisting of four alternating bases: -a, -i, -u, and -e