noun, takes する, transitive verb

  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.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
倍返し ばいがえし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

double, twice, times
バイ べ ます (3rd, N2)
human radical (no. 9)
to spit out
トウ
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
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)