仇あだをなす

expression, godan verb (-su)

do someone a wrong; do an ill turn; take revenge

To harm someone or treat them unfairly, often with a nuance of returning a past wrong. Can be used for both active wrongdoing and retaliatory revenge.

• 彼かれは私わたしに仇あだをなした。

  He did me a wrong.

• 友ともに仇あだをなすようなことはするな。

  Don't do an ill turn to your friend.

expression, godan verb (-su)

resent; bear a grudge

To hold a grudge or feel resentment, often as a result of a perceived wrong. This sense focuses on the emotional state rather than the action.

• 彼かれは長なが年ねん、兄あにに仇あだをなしている。

  He has borne a grudge against his older brother for years.