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因果応報 (ingaouhou) Japanese meaning: retribution | Kotomora
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彼かれ が 失しっ 敗ぱい し た の は 因いん 果が 応おう 報ほう だ 。
His failure is just deserts.
As the saying goes, good deeds bring good results.
Kanji 因 cause, factor, be associated with 果 fruit, reward, carry out Related words 勧善懲悪 describes a narrative theme where good is rewarded and evil punished, while 因果応報 is the broader Buddhist-derived idea that one's actions inevitably bring matching consequences.
因果応報 is a formal Buddhist term for karmic retribution, while 自業自得 is the everyday phrase for 'you brought it on yourself'.
Etymology A yojijukugo composed of 因果 (cause and effect, karma) and 応報 (retribution, recompense). The phrase originates from Buddhist teachings on karma.
