ばいがえし – Vocabulary details

ばいがえし

Noun

Verb (する, transitive)

1. payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold

2. inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

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double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

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