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Meaning of 報う in Japanese
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報う, 酬う
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Kana Readingむくう
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Romajimukū
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `u' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to reward; to recompense; to repay
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Examples of 報う, 酬う, むくう in a sentence
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Her efforts were to good purpose.
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He wanted to repay the kindness of his friends.
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For all his efforts, he was not paid well.
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Efforts do not always pay off.
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Honesty pays in the long run.
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I can assure you that honesty pays in the long run.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 報う
- Plain Polite
- 報います
- Negative
- 報わない
- Negative Polite
- 報いません
Past
- Plain
- 報った
- Plain Polite
- 報いました
- Negative
- 報わなかった
- Negative Polite
- 報いませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 報って
- Plain Polite
- 報いまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 報われる
- Plain Polite
- 報われます
- Negative
- 報われない
- Negative Polite
- 報われません