noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. payback, tit for tat, retaliation, revenge.
  2. doing over again, redoing.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
仕返し しかえし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

attend, doing, official
シ つか.える (3rd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ さむらい お (4th, N1)
return, answer, fade
かえ.す ヘン (3rd, N3)
anti-
ハン タン そり (3rd, N3)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)