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痛いたい目めにあわせる

Meanings

1

expression, ichidan verb

make someone pay for something; teach someone a lesson

Used when someone is made to suffer consequences for their actions, often as retaliation or punishment. The subject is the person causing the suffering, and the object is the person who suffers.

See also: 痛い目にあう

彼かれを痛いたい目めにあわせてやる。
I'll make him pay for this.
そんなことをしたら、痛いた

い

目め

に

あわせる

ぞ

。

If you do that, I'll make you regret it.

Written forms

痛いたい目めにあわせる
Standard spelling using あわせる (causative of あう).
痛いたい目めに遭あわせる
Uses 遭う, emphasizing a negative experience.
痛いたい目めに合あわせる
Uses 合わせる, a common alternative kanji for the causative.

Kanji

痛pain, hurt, damage
目eye, class, look
遭encounter, meet, party
合fit, suit, join

Similar words

痛いたい目めにあう
Intransitive: to have a painful experience or suffer consequences oneself. 痛い目にあわせる is the causative form, meaning to cause someone else to have that experience.

Etymology

From 痛い目 (painful experience) + にあわせる (causative of あう, to meet/experience). Literally 'to make someone meet a painful experience'.