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    3. 仕返し

    仕返し

    仕し返かえし​

    payback

    KMT10News #36+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab13 strokes

    しかえし

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    payback, tit for tat, retaliation, revenge
    2.
    doing over again, redoing

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    彼かれは仕し返かえしをしたかった。

    He wanted to get revenge.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    子こ供どもたちの喧けん嘩かでは、よく「仕し返かえしだ!」と言いって相あい手てを追おいかける。

    In children's fights, they often chase their opponent, saying "That's payback!"

    KMT9Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょは彼かれにひどいことをされたので、仕し返かえしを企くわだてた。

    She was treated terribly by him, so she plotted revenge.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    暴ぼう力りょくによる仕し返かえしは、さらなる憎にくしみを生うむだけだ。

    Revenge through violence only creates more hatred.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    怒いかりに駆かられて仕し返かえしをしても、心こころは満みたされないだろう。

    Even if you seek revenge driven by anger, your heart will likely not be satisfied.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    仕
    つか.える…(2)
    attend・doing・official・serve
    Kanji
    返
    かえ.す・-かえ.す・かえ.る・-かえ.る…(1)
    return・answer・fade・repay
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
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