因果応報

いんがおうほう

noun

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retribution, retributive justice, karma, just deserts, poetic justice, reward and punishment for one's past behavior(yojijukugo)

因	cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to
果	fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed
応	apply, answer, yes, OK, reply, accept
報	report, news, reward, retribution

きたな

て

かいしゃ

のと

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ふくしん

おも

ぶか

うらぎ

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いんがおうほう

When the trusted confidant of the person who conducted a hostile takeover of the company betrayed him, it was a sort of retributive justice