repay
要点返す、報いる
意味
- …を返す
- (…に対して),〈人〉に報いる《+名〈人〉+for+名(doing)》
- 〈行為〉にお返しをする,答える
例文
Someday I will repay him for looking down on me.
いつか私を軽蔑したことに対して、彼にお返しをしてやろう。
He wanted to repay the kindness of his friends.
彼は友だちの親切にむくいたいと思った。
I would like to repay him for his kindness.
私は彼の親切にこたえたい。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Old French repaier (“to pay back”), from re- + paiier (“to pay”), from Latin pācāre (“to settle, to make peaceful”), from pāx (“peace”) + -ō (forming verbs). Equivalent to re- + pay. Cognate with repacify and French repayer (“to pay again”).