How to say "revolt" in Japanese

• 反発はんぱつJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbReally the word for opposition or resistance — pushback against a policy, a decision, or a person in power. For an actual armed revolt it is seldom the word you want.
  若者わかもの達たちは本来ほんらい、親おやの考かんがえに対たいして反発はんぱつするものだ。↗

  It is quite natural for young people to rebel against their parents.
• 謀反むほんCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers revolt in the sense of treason — a plot or organized rising against one's ruler or the state. It carries a strong nuance of betraying a sovereign.
• 一揆いっきCommon
  nounAn uprising by a body of people, especially the peasant uprisings of Japan since the middle ages; the word for collective popular risings in Japanese history.
• 蜂起ほうきCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers revolt as the act of rising up — people rising together in numbers, like a swarm of bees. Suits describing a group rising against authority.
  小しょう作人さくにん達たちは領主りょうしゅに反抗はんこうして蜂起ほうきした。↗

  The peasants rose up in rebellion against the ruler.
• 反乱はんらんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe general word for revolt: an organized rising against a government or other authority, covering rebellion, insurrection, and mutiny alike. The default choice when 'revolt' means an armed rising.
  軍隊ぐんたいは簡単かんたんに反乱はんらんを鎮圧ちんあつした。↗

  The troops easily put down the rebellion.

Use 反乱 as the general word for a rising against authority, 反発 for opposition or resistance, 謀反 for treasonous plots against a ruler, 一揆 for historical popular or peasant uprisings, and 蜂起 for the act of rising up.

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• 反発はんぱつopposition
• 謀反むほんrebellion
• 一揆いっきuprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising)
• 蜂起ほうきuprising
• 反乱はんらんinsurrection
• 暴動ぼうどうinsurrection
• 乱らんrevolt
• リボルトrevolt
• 反するはんするto disobey (an order, teachings, etc.)