応報

Reading

Kana: おうほう
Romaji: ouhou
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Definition

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retribution

Kanji

Readings: オウ、 ヨウ、 -ノウ、 あた.る、 まさに、 こた.える
Meanings: apply, answer, yes, OK, reply, accept
Readings: ホウ、 むく.いる
Meanings: report, news, reward, retribution

Example Sentence

(きたな)()会社(かいしゃ)(のと)()ったものの、腹心(ふくしん)だと(おも)っていた部下(ぶか)裏切(うらぎ)られ、因果応報(いんがおうほう)だね。
➥When the trusted confidant of the person who conducted a hostile takeover of the company betrayed him, it was a sort of retributive justice.
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