Definition of 報い (むくい)

むく

報い

むくい

mukui

noun
1.
reward, recompense, return
2.
punishment, retribution
Other readings:
酬い【むくい】
Related Kanji
report, news, reward, retribution
repay, reward, retribution
Example sentences(showing 9 results)

きた
汚い
こう
行為
むく
報い
かな
必ず
ぶん
自分
かえ
返って
What goes around comes around

You've acted foolishly and you will pay for it

かれ
とうぜん
当然の
むく
報い
He took his own medicine

The wages of sin is death

おおざけ
大酒
むく
報い
かれ
けんこう
健康
がい
害した
His health was the forfeit of heavy drinking

とうぜん
当然の
むく
報い
It serves you right

あく
悪事
むく
報い
What one has sown one will have to reap

One of these fine days he will get his just deserts

Virtue is its own reward