報ほう徳とく

noun

repayment of kindness; showing gratitude; moral requital

A somewhat formal or literary term for repaying a moral debt or kindness, often used in ethical or philosophical contexts.

• 報ほう徳とくの精せい神しんを大たい切せつにする。

  I value the spirit of repaying kindness.

• 彼かれは報ほう徳とくの心こころで恩おん師しに尽つくした。

  He served his mentor with a heart of gratitude.