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因果応報

いんがおうほう

retribution, karma

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Examples

  1. 因果応報というものだ。

    いんがおうほうというものだ。

    That is what you call karma.

  2. 悪いことをすれば、いつか因果応報で返ってくる。

    わるいことをすれば、いつかいんがおうほうでかえってくる。

    If you do bad things, they will come back to you sooner or later.

  3. 彼の失脚は因果応報だと言う人も少なくない。

    かれのしっきゃくはいんがおうほうだというひともすくなくない。

    Quite a few people say his downfall was just deserts.

Common patterns

因果応報だ
it is just deserts
因果応報で返ってくる
to come back to one as karma
まさに因果応報
karma, exactly

Memory tip

A Buddhist idea: cause (因) and effect (果) return as reward or punishment (応報). In practice it is said about someone else's misfortune being deserved. 自業自得 is the blunter, more everyday version and usually harsher.

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