意趣返し

Japanese
Kanji in this term
意 趣 返
い
Grade: 3		 しゅ
Grade: S		 かえ > がえ
Grade: 3
on’yomi kan’on kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 意趣 (ishu, “grudge”) +‎ 返し (kaeshi, “a returning, a return”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 返す (kaesu, “to return something”)).[1][2][3][4] The kaeshi changes to gaeshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited in a text from 1711.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

意(い)趣(しゅ)返(がえ)し • (ishugaeshi) ←いしゆがへし (isyugafesi)?

  1. [from 1711] revenge, retaliation
    Synonyms: 意趣晴らし (ishubarashi), 仕返し (shikaeshi), 復讐 (fukushū), 返報 (henpō), 報復 (hōfuku)

References
  1. “意趣返”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. “意趣返し”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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