Word Meaning 当然の報い

とうぜんのむくい touzen no mukui

当然の報い is read as とうぜんのむくい (touzen no mukui) and means one's just deserts.

Meaning

English

  1. one's just deserts
  2. one's just desserts
  3. one's just reward
  4. what one deserves
  5. comeuppance

Reading

Kana

とうぜんのむくい

Romaji

touzen no mukui

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 74721 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

当然

とうぜん

naturally

当然の事

とうぜんのこと

a matter of course

当然ながら

とうぜんながら

naturally

当然視する

とうぜんしする

to consider to be inevitable

理の当然

りのとうぜん

standing to reason

広報担当官

こうほうたんとうかん

public relations officer

当り障りのない

あたりさわりのない

harmless (remark, topic, etc.)

当たり前

あたりまえ

natural

当たり

あたり

bruise (on fruit)

当て

あて

addressed to

当時

とうじ

at that time

Example Sentences

2

It serves you right.

If Mary slapped Tom, I'm sure he deserved it.