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    3. 報復

    報復

    報ほう復ふく

    retaliation

    KMT5News #7+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitivePolitics & LawKanji Vocab24 strokes

    ほうふく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    retaliation, revenge, reprisal, retribution
    2.
    retorsion, retortion
    law

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    彼かれは報ほう復ふくを恐おそれていました。

    He feared retaliation.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    その国くには報ほう復ふく措そ置ちを取とると発はっ表ぴょうしました。

    That country announced it would take retaliatory measures.

    KMT6Politics & Law
    テロ攻こう撃げきに対たいする報ほう復ふくとして、軍ぐん事じ作さく戦せんが開かい始しされました。

    A military operation was launched in retaliation for the terrorist attack.

    KMT7Politics & LawMilitary
    報ほう復ふくの連れん鎖さは、さらなる悲ひ劇げきを生うむだけです。

    A cycle of retaliation only creates further tragedy.

    KMT8Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    歴れき史し上じょう、報ほう復ふくが新あらたな紛ふん争そうの火ひ種だねとなることがよくありました。

    Historically, retaliation often became the seed of new conflicts.

    KMT8HistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    報
    むく.いる…(1)
    report・news・reward・retribution
    復
    また…(1)
    restore・return to・revert・resume
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