返礼

へんれい
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1

A return present or gift given in return as a way of thanking someone; something done or given in return (e.g. a thank-you gift).

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Examples

結婚式の返礼として、参加者に小さな記念品を配った。

As a return gift for the wedding, we distributed small souvenirs to the guests.

葬儀では香典に対する返礼が行われることが多い。

At funerals, it's common to give return gifts in response to condolence money.

来客には感謝の気持ちとして返礼の品を用意した。

I prepared return gifts for the visitors as a token of gratitude.

2

Retaliation; revenge — doing something in return as a form of payback or reprisal.

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Examples

攻撃に対する返礼として、相手側も報復行為に出た。

In retaliation for the attack, the other side also carried out reprisal actions.

彼の無礼に対する返礼は冷たい態度だった。

His response to the rudeness was a cold attitude (a form of retaliation).