Last Updated:2025/11/22

(idiomatic, Of an unpleasant event) To happen to someone who is thought to deserve it. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see serve, right.

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serve someone right

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serve someone right

Verb
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
自業自得 ― 人が当然受けるべき不利益な出来事に見舞われること。 / 当然の報い ― 自分の行動の結果、皮肉や不運な状況に陥ること。
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彼が同僚から金品を盗んで解雇されたとき、多くの人はそれは当然の報いだと感じた。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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