How to say he was tempted to retort, but thought better of it. in Japanese
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彼彼(kare) (ok) that , or something understood without naming it directly)/that person/over there/hey/eh?/thatはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh反発反発(hanpatsu) (n,vs) opposition/rebellion/revolt/resistance/backlash/refusal/rebounding/recoiling/repulsion/rally/recoveryしし(shi) (num) 10^24/septillion/quadrillionたいというno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verb気気(ki) (n) spirit/mind/heart/nature/disposition/motivation/intention/mood/feelings/atmosphere/essenceにに(ni) (prt) indicates such things as location of person or thing, location of short-term action, etc.な(prt) connects adj to noun/indicates emotion or emphasis/command/prohibitionったno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbがが(ga) (prt) indicates sentence subject/indicates possessive/but/however/still/and、、(、) Japanese comma思い思い(omoi) (n) thought/imagination/mind/heart/desire/wish/hope/expectation/love/affection/feelings/emotion/sentiment/experience直し直し(naoshi) (n) correction/rectification/mending/repairてやめたno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verb。。(。) Japanese period "."
