意趣返し

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
意 趣 返
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Grade: 3 		しゅ
Grade: S 		かえ > がえ
Grade: 3
on'yomi kan'on kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 意趣 (ishu, “grudge”) +‎ 返し (kaeshi, “a returning, a return”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 返す (kaesu, “to return something”)).[1][2][3][4] The kaeshi changes to gaeshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited in a text from 1711.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

意(い)趣(しゅ)返(がえ)し • (ishugaeshi) ←いしゆがへし (isyugafesi)?

  1. revenge, retaliation
    Synonyms: 意趣晴らし (ishubarashi), 仕返し (shikaeshi), 復讐 (fukushū), 返報 (henpō), 報復 (hōfuku)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “意趣返”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “意趣返し”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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