雪辱|せつじょくsetsujoku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbvindication of honour; vindication of honor; making up for loss; revenge
    君きみに雪辱せつじょくのチャンスを与あたえよう。↗
    We'll give you your revenge.
Conjugation
Dictionary form雪辱する(せつじょくする)
Polite (masu)雪辱します(せつじょくします)
Negative (nai)雪辱しない(せつじょくしない)
polite (masen)雪辱しません(せつじょくしません)
classical zu / nu雪辱せず・雪辱せぬ(せつじょくせず・せつじょくせぬ)
Past (ta)雪辱した(せつじょくした)
polite (mashita)雪辱しました(せつじょくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)雪辱しなかった(せつじょくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)雪辱しませんでした(せつじょくしませんでした)
Te form雪辱して(せつじょくして)
Potential雪辱できる(せつじょくできる)
Passive雪辱される(せつじょくされる)
Causative雪辱させる(せつじょくさせる)
Causative passive雪辱させられる(せつじょくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)雪辱すれば(せつじょくすれば)
tara雪辱したら(せつじょくしたら)
Volitional雪辱しよう(せつじょくしよう)
polite (mashou)雪辱しましょう(せつじょくしましょう)
Imperative雪辱しろ(せつじょくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Antonym汚名おめいWrittenWritten/formal prose. A bad name or stigma one bears; it is the disgrace that 「雪辱」 wipes away, as in 「汚名返上」.
  • Antonym屈辱くつじょくNeutralNeutral register. The humiliation of being made to submit; it is the shame suffered where 「雪辱」 is the shame wiped away.

Use 「雪辱」 when you beat an opponent you once lost to and so wipe out the shame, as in 「雪辱を果たす」 or 「雪辱戦」. The opposites are 「屈辱」, the humiliation suffered, and 「汚名」, the bad name borne.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 負まけたことのある相手あいてに勝かって恥はじを雪すすぐこと。
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