詩し的てき正せい義ぎ

noun

poetic justice; retributive justice

A literary concept where virtue is rewarded and vice punished in a fitting or ironic manner. Often used in discussions of narrative structure.

• この物もの語がたりでは、悪あく者しゃが自みずからの罠わなにかかるという詩し的てき正せい義ぎが描えがかれている。

  This story depicts poetic justice, where the villain falls into his own trap.

• 詩し的てき正せい義ぎの概がい念ねんは、古こ典てん文ぶん学がくから現げん代だいの映えい画がまで広ひろく見みられる。

  The concept of poetic justice is widely seen from classical literature to modern films.