復讐

Chinese

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
復 讐
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) ふくしゅう [fùkúshúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟̊ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɕɨᵝː]

Noun

復(ふく)讐(しゅう) • (fukushū) ←ふくしう (fukusiu)?

  1. revenge; vengeance
    復(ふく)讐(しゅう)を果(は)たす
    fukushū o hatasu
    to exact revenge
    • 1995 June 1 [1993 April 17], Yōzaburō Kanari with Satō, Fumiya, “オペラ座(ざ)館(かん)殺(さつ)人(じん)事(じ)件(けん)⑥(ろく) [The Opera House Murder Case #6]”, in 金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ) (金(きん)田(だ)一(いち)少(しょう)年(ねん)の事(じ)件(けん)簿(ぼ)) [The Kindaichi Case Files], 14th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
      『復(ふく)讐(しゅう)』という地(じ)獄(ごく)の炎(ほのお)に身(み)を焼(や)いていたのは俺(おれ)の方(ほう)だったんだよ 俺(おれ)は醜(みにく)い素(す)顔(がお)を仮(か)面(めん)で隠(かく)して生(い)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

復(ふく)讐(しゅう)する • (fukushū suru) ←ふくしう (fukusiu)?suru (stem 復(ふく)讐(しゅう)し (fukushū shi), past 復(ふく)讐(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
復讐

Noun

復讐 • (boksu) (hangeul 복수)

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