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報ほう復ふく
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Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
1. retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retribution
2. retorsion; retortion
Kanji used
報report復return to normal
Pitch accent
ほうふく
Used in vocabulary
報ほう復ふく措そ置ち
reprisals; retaliatory measures
Noun
報ほう復ふく行こう為い
act of retaliation
Noun
報ほう復ふく人じん事じ
retaliatory personnel decision (demotion, sacking, etc.)
Noun
同どう害がい報ほう復ふく
(principle of) an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth; lex talionis; equal retaliation
Noun
報ほう復ふく関かん税ぜい
retaliatory tariff
Noun
報ほう復ふく主しゅ義ぎ
revanchism
Noun
Examples3
I will take my revenge on him.
His answer was a hard punch on the nose.
Threats of retaliation are blocking negotiations.