因果応報

I

As a man sows， so shall he reap.((ことわざ))人は種をまいたからには刈り取らねばならない

^{(見出しへ戻る headword ⇒ 因果)}

II

As a man sows， so shall he reap.((ことわざ))人は種をまいたからには刈り取らねばならない.

^{(見出しへ戻る headword ⇒ 応報)}

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I

As a man sows， so shall he reap. ((ことわざ))人は種をまいたからには刈り取らねばならない

(見出しへ戻る headword ⇒ 因果)

II

As a man sows， so shall he reap. ((ことわざ))人は種をまいたからには刈り取らねばならない.

(見出しへ戻る headword ⇒ 応報)

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いんがおうほう【因果応報】

【仏教】 karmic retribution; reward and [or] punishment for one's past behavior; reaping as one sows; retributive justice in the universe.

●僧侶は人々に向かって因果応報のことわりを説いた. The priest preached to the people on the inevitable retribution (and reward) that would follow their good and evil activities.

●因果応報だ. He got his just deserts. | I got what I deserved. | You are reaping as [what] you have sown.