How to say "vengeance" in Japanese

• 仇討ちあだうちCommon
  nounVengeance or revenge taken against someone who has wronged you, including retaliation for an injury; classically associated with avenging a kinsman's death or one's own grievance.
• 敵討ちかたきうちCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbVengeance pursued against an enemy or adversary, typically retaliatory revenge for a wrong done to one or one's family; essentially interchangeable with 仇討ち, with 敵 emphasizing the foe being avenged.

Both words refer to vengeance against an enemy — retaliatory revenge, historically the avenging of a wronged party — and are near-synonyms; choose by the character used: 仇 (a wrongdone foe) versus 敵 (an adversary).

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• 仇討ちあだうちvengeance
• 敵討ちかたきうちvengeance