復讐

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 復仇 (“to revenge; to avenge”).
(This term 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 [1993 April 17], Yōzaburō Kanari with 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() ((きん)()(いち)(しょう)(ねん)()(けん)簿()) [The Kindaichi Case Files], 14th edition, volume 2 (fiction), 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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, 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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