Results, to retaliate
- 一矢を報いる【いっしをむくいる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back at; to retort - idiom
- 報いる☆【むくいる】酬いる Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to reward; to recompense; to repay
- to retaliate; to get revenge
親の因果が子に報いる。 The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children.
- 報ゆ【むくゆ】酬ゆ
upper nidan verb (archaic) / transitive:
- to reward; to recompense; to repay - archaism ➜ 報いる
- to retaliate; to get revenge - archaism
- 報う【むくう】酬う Inflection
godan ~う verb:
- to reward; to recompense; to repay ➜ 報いる
- to retaliate; to get revenge
- 返す☆【かえす】反す☆ Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to return (something); to restore; to put back - esp. 返す ➜ 帰す【かえす】
- to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn
- to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate - esp. 返す
suffix / godan ~す verb:
- to repeat ...; to do ... back - after the -masu stem of a verb
お金は明日返すよ。 I'll give you back the money tomorrow.
戦闘に携わる兵士たちは戦闘が止んでいるときに好んで、平穏無事な時代を想い返す。 Combat soldiers during peaceful moments like to reminisce of their halcyon days.
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