復讐

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 復仇 (“to revenge; to avenge”).
(This term, 復讐, is a variant form of 復仇.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ふく
Grade: 5
しゅう
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 復讎 (bjuwk dzyuw, literally return + rivalry). Compare Mandarin 復仇复仇 (fùchóu), Cantonese 復仇复仇 (fuk6 sau4), Min Nan 復仇复仇 (ho̍k-siû), Korean 복수 (boksu), Vietnamese phục thù.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くしゅう [fùkúshúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɕɨᵝː]

Noun

(ふく)(しゅう) (fukushū) ふくしう (fukusiu)?

  1. revenge; vengeance
    (ふく)(しゅう)()たす
    fukushū o hatasu
    to exact revenge
    • 1995 June 1 [Apr 17 1993], Kanari, Yōzaburō; Satō, Fumiya, “オペラ()(かん)(さつ)(じん)()(けん)(ろく) [The Opera House Murder Case #6]”, in (きん)()(いち)(しょう)(ねん)()(けん)簿() [The Kindaichi Case Files], volume 2 (fiction), 14th edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
      (ふく)(しゅう)』という()(ごく)(ほのお)()()いていたのは(おれ)(ほう)だったんだよ (おれ)(みにく)()(がお)()(めん)(かく)して()きている『怪人(ファントム)』そのものだったんだ‥‥‼
      Fukushū” to iu jigoku no honō ni mi o yaite ita no wa ore no hō datta n da yo Ore wa minikui sugao o kamen de kakushite ikite iru “Fantomu” sono mono datta n da‥‥‼
      I’ve been burning myself in this hellfire called revenge all my life. Hiding my true, ugly face behind a mask in the process. I really became the Phantom…!!

Derived terms

Verb

(ふく)(しゅう)する (fukushū suru) ふくしう (fukusiu)?suru (stem (ふく)(しゅう) (fukushū shi), past (ふく)(しゅう)した (fukushū shita))

  1. to take revenge

Conjugation

Synonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

復讐 (boksu) (hangeul 복수)

  1. Hanja form? of 복수 (revenge, vengeance).
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