業ごう報ほうごうほうじ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1nounkarmic retribution; fate; inevitable consequenceBuddhist term for the effects of one's past actions, often implying unavoidable suffering or destiny. Used in serious or philosophical contexts.彼かれは自じ分ぶんの業ごう報ほうを受うけ入いれた。Break this sentence down in the analyzerHe accepted his karmic retribution.これは前ぜん世せの業ごう報ほうかもしれない。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThis might be the karmic consequence of a past life.