一いっ矢しを報むくいる

expression, ichidan verb

retaliate; strike back; return a blow

Idiomatic expression literally meaning 'to repay a single arrow'. Used when someone who has been attacked or criticized manages to land a small counterattack or retort, often implying a modest or symbolic retaliation rather than a decisive victory.

• 彼かれは批ひ判はんされたが、最さい後ごに一いっ矢しを報むくいる発はつ言げんをした。

  He was criticized, but in the end he made a remark that struck back.

• 劣れっ勢せいだったチームが終しゅう盤ばんに一いっ矢しを報むくいるゴールを決きめた。

  The team that had been on the back foot scored a retaliatory goal in the closing minutes.