敵視

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 敵視 is read てきし and means regarding or treating someone as an enemy.
• Basic usage: It describes attitudes toward people with different opinions or groups arriving from outside.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• を marks the target
  • In 相手をすぐ敵視して, を marks the person treated as an enemy. The focus is on the observer's attitude rather than on whether the target is actually an enemy.
• Compared with 警戒
  • 警戒 focuses on being cautious about danger, while 敵視 places the other party in the role of an enemy.