因果応報

いんがおうほう

Meanings

1. Noun retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior

Kanji

• 因 cause. Read as イン.
• 果 fruit
• 応 respond. Read as オウ.
• 報 report. Read as ホウ.

Example sentences

• 汚い手で会社を乗っ取ったものの、腹心だと思っていた部下に裏切られ、因果応報だね。
  When the trusted confidant of the person who conducted a hostile takeover of the company betrayed him, it was a sort of retributive justice.

Word lists

• Yojijukugo (四字熟語)

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