年ねん貢ぐの納おさめ時どき

expression, noun

time to pay the piper; time to face the music

Idiomatic expression meaning the moment when one must accept the consequences of past actions, often after a long delay. The literal meaning refers to the historical deadline for paying the annual land tax in rice.

• 長なが年ねん逃にげてきたが、ついに年ねん貢ぐの納おさめ時どきが来きた。

  I've been running away for years, but the time has finally come to pay the piper.

• 彼かれもそろそろ年ねん貢ぐの納おさめ時どきだ。

  It's about time he faced the music.