Word Meaning 竹箆返し

しっぺがえし shippegaeshi

竹箆返し is read as しっぺがえし (shippegaeshi) and means returning tit for tat.

Meaning

English

  1. returning tit for tat
  2. retaliating

Reading

Kana

しっぺがえし

Romaji

shippegaeshi

Writing Variants

  • しっぺ返し しっぺがえし shippegaeshi
  • 竹箆返し しっぺいがえし shippeigaeshi
  • 竹篦返し しっぺいがえし shippeigaeshi
  • 竹篦返し しっぺがえし shippegaeshi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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竹箆

しっぺ

bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism)

竹箆

たけべら

bamboo spatula

たけ

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)

竹林

ちくりん

bamboo thicket

竹馬

ちくば

hobby horse

竹刀

しない

bamboo sword (for kendo)

竹の子

たけのこ

bamboo shoot

竹細工

たけざいく

bamboo work

竹節人参

ちくせつにんじん

Japanese ginseng (Panax japonicus)

竹島問題

たけしまもんだい

Liancourt Rocks dispute (territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea)

竹井美術館

たけいびじゅつかん

Takei Art Museum

竹の子継手

たけのこつぎて

barb fitting