雪せつ辱じょく

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雪辱する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	雪せつ辱じょくする	雪せつ辱じょくしない
Polite	雪せつ辱じょくします	雪せつ辱じょくしません
Past polite	雪せつ辱じょくしました	雪せつ辱じょくしませんでした
Past	雪せつ辱じょくした	雪せつ辱じょくしなかった
Te-form	雪せつ辱じょくして	雪せつ辱じょくしないで
Desire	雪せつ辱じょくしたい	雪せつ辱じょくしたくない
Potential	雪せつ辱じょくできる	雪せつ辱じょくできない
Passive	雪せつ辱じょくされる	雪せつ辱じょくされない
Causative	雪せつ辱じょくさせる	雪せつ辱じょくさせない
Causative passive	雪せつ辱じょくさせられる	雪せつ辱じょくさせられない
Volitional	雪せつ辱じょくしよう
Polite volitional	雪せつ辱じょくしましょう
Imperative	雪せつ辱じょくしろ	雪せつ辱じょくするな
Conditional	雪せつ辱じょくすれば	雪せつ辱じょくしなければ
Tara conditional	雪せつ辱じょくしたら	雪せつ辱じょくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

vindication of honor; revenge; making up for a loss

Formal, somewhat literary word for clearing one's name, restoring honor, or avenging a past defeat. Often used in contexts like sports, competition, or public reputation. The する form is intransitive and typically takes を with the object of vindication.

前ぜん回かいの敗はい戦せんの雪せつ辱じょくを果はたすため、チームは猛もう練れん習しゅうを積つんだ。
The team trained intensely to avenge their previous defeat.
彼かれは汚お名めいを雪せつ辱じょくするために、自みずから真しん相そうを明あかした。
He revealed the truth himself in order to clear his tarnished name.

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Usage patterns

雪せつ辱じょくを果はたすto achieve vindication/revenge
決けっ勝しょうで去きょ年ねんの雪せつ辱じょくを果はたした。
They achieved their revenge in the finals for last year's loss.
雪せつ辱じょくを期きすto resolve to get revenge or vindication
選せん手しゅたちは雪せつ辱じょくを期きして練れん習しゅうに励はげんだ。
The players trained hard, determined to avenge their loss.
〈相あい手て〉に雪せつ辱じょくするto take revenge on an opponent
前ぜん回かい負まけた相あい手てに雪せつ辱じょくする。
He got revenge on the opponent he had lost to before.
雪せつ辱じょくを晴はらすto clear one's disgrace by avenging a loss
今こん度どの試し合あいで雪せつ辱じょくを晴はらしたい。
I want to clear my disgrace in the next match.

Kanji

雪snow
辱embarrass, humiliate, shame

Related words

復ふく讐しゅうN1
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.
名めい誉よ挽ばん回かい
名誉挽回 is a plain, widely used phrase meaning 'restoring one's honor,' whereas 雪辱 conveys the same idea more concisely and formally, often in the set phrase 雪辱を果たす.
すすぐN2
雪辱 is a noun (used with する) meaning to avenge a defeat or humiliation, while すすぐ (濯ぐ) is the verb used in set phrases like 恥をすすぐ to clear one's name.
見み返かえし
見返し (in its 'getting even' sense) is a casual, everyday way to describe outdoing someone who once looked down on you, while 雪辱 is a more formal word specifically for avenging a defeat or humiliation.

Don't confuse with

屈くつ辱じょく
屈辱 means 'humiliation' or the disgrace one suffers, while 雪辱 means the act of overcoming that disgrace through vindication or revenge — they share the kanji 辱 but describe opposite ends of the same situation.

Word family

雪せつ辱じょく戦せん
return match; rematch to clear one's name

Etymology

Composed of 雪 (to cleanse, to wipe away) and 辱 (disgrace, shame). The literal sense is 'to wash away disgrace,' which developed into the modern meaning of vindication or revenge. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination is conventionally associated with this meaning.