あだ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of あだ – see the following entries.

【仇】H [noun] foe, enemy

【徒】4 [adjective] useless, fruitless [adjective] (now rare) ephemeral, temporary [adjective] (now rare) fickle, frivolous [adjective] (now rare) slack, lukewarm [adjective] (historical, poetry) the term of the 蕉風俳諧(しょうふうはいかい) (shōfūhaikai, “Bashō style haikai”) to indicate innocent and humorous style

(This term, あだ (ada), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as あだ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as あだ.)