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Japanese
Etymology
Kanji spelling as included in the official list of Jōyō kanji.
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of 報い – see the following entry.
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| 【むくい】
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- 報い, 酬い: (positive) reward, recompense, or (negative) retribution for having done something
- 報い, 酬い: karma, karmic effect from something done in a previous life
- 報い, 酬い: the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb むくいる (mukuiru, “to repay, to recompense”)
- 報い, 酬い: to give thanks or compensate to someone for an action
- 報い, 酬い: to retaliate against or wreak vengeance on someone for an action
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| (This term, 報い, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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