復ふく讐しゅう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

復讐する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

revenge; vengeance

Refers to the act of retaliating for a past wrong, often with strong emotional weight. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to take revenge'.

〈人ひと〉に復ふく讐しゅうするto take revenge on someone
彼かれは自じ分ぶんを裏うら切ぎった友ゆう人じんに復ふく讐しゅうする決けつ意いをした。
He resolved to take revenge on the friend who had betrayed him.
復ふく讐しゅうを果はたすto carry out one's revenge
彼かの女じょは十じゅう年ねんかけてついに復ふく讐しゅうを果はたした。
After ten years, she finally carried out her revenge.
復ふく讐しゅうに燃もえるto burn with a desire for revenge
彼かれは復ふく讐しゅうに燃もえて、その日ひを待まち続つづけた。
Burning for revenge, he kept waiting for that day.

仕し返かえし
仕返し is a casual, everyday word for getting even over something small, while 復讐 carries a heavier, more dramatic sense of vengeance.
報ほう復ふく
報復 is used in formal, political, or military contexts for retaliation, while 復讐 is more personal and emotionally charged.
リベンジ
復讐 is a serious, weighty word for taking vengeance out of deep resentment, while リベンジ is lighter and often used casually even about games or sports.
雪せつ辱じょく
復讐 is the common, direct word for personal vengeance often with an emotional or violent connotation, while 雪辱 is a more formal, literary term for restoring one's honor or avenging a defeat, especially in sports or competition.
報むくいるN1
報いる can describe repaying a wrong in general, whereas 復讐 is the stronger, more dramatic word specifically for premeditated revenge.

復ふく習しゅうN4
復習 (also read ふくしゅう) means 'review/study again' and is completely unrelated in meaning to 復讐 'revenge', despite sharing a reading.

復ふく讐しゅうUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and common usage.
復ふくしゅうUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kana-kanji form; not a standard spelling.
復ふく讎しゅうUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant; the second character is an older form of 讐.

Compound of 復 (return, repeat) and 讐 (enemy, feud), literally 'returning enmity'. The spelling 復讎 uses an older form of 讐.