どうしてそんなに受け身的なのか。仕返ししてはどうだ。

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どうして そんなに 受け身的 な の か 。 仕返しして は どう だ 。

English Translation

How can you be so passive? Why don't you retaliate?

Furigana

どうしてそんなに受(う)け身的(みてき)なのか。仕返(しかえ)ししてはどうだ。

Romanji

Dōshite sonnani ukemiteki na no ka. shikaeshishite wa dō da.

Words

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

そんなに (そんなに)

so much; so; like that

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

仕返し (しかえし)

being even with; reprisal; tit for tat; retaliation; revenge

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

Kanji

受

Readings: ジュ、 う.ける、 -う.け、 う.かる

Meanings: accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive

身

Readings: シン、 み

Meanings: somebody, person, one's station in life

的

Readings: テキ、 まと

Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending

仕

Readings: シ、 ジ、 つか.える

Meanings: attend, doing, official, serve

返

Readings: ヘン、 かえ.す、 -かえ.す、 かえ.る、 -かえ.る

Meanings: return, answer, fade, repay