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    3. 報い

    報い

    報むくい​

    reward

    KMT10News #40+1NounDaily LifeKanji Vocab14 strokes

    酬い

    むくい

    Noun

    1.
    reward, recompense, return
    2.
    punishment, retribution

    Stroke 0 / 14

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    彼かれの努ど力りょくは報むくいられた。

    His efforts were rewarded.

    KMT7Daily Life
    悪わるい行おこないには必かならず報むくいがある。

    Bad deeds will always be met with retribution.

    KMT10Daily LifeReligion & Philosophy
    彼かれの成せい功こうは、長なが年ねんの苦く労ろうに対たいする正せい当とうな報むくいと言いえるだろう。

    His success can be said to be a just reward for many years of hardship.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    善ぜん行こうの報むくいは、必かならずしもすぐに現あらわれるとは限かぎらない。

    The reward for good deeds does not necessarily appear immediately.

    KMT10Daily LifeReligion & Philosophyphilosophy
    彼かれは不ふ正せいを働はたらいたが、その報むくいを受うけることになった。

    He committed an injustice, but he ended up receiving his retribution.

    KMT10Daily LifePolitics & Law

    Characters that make up this word

    報
    むく.いる…(1)
    report・news・reward・retribution
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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