closest rival 意味

• 好敵手｛こうてきしゅ｝
  

例文

1. it is said that kenshin heard of shingen ' s death while eating , he dropped his chopsticks and cried out saying , ' i lost the closest rival , and such a hero will never appear again in this world (according to " nihon gaishi " (historical book on japan ).'
   信玄の死を伝え聞いた食事中の謙信は、「吾れ好敵手を失へり、世に復たこれほどの英雄男子あらんや（『日本外史』より）」と箸を落として号泣したという。