果報

Chinese

fruit; result
to announce; to inform; report
to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; to repay; to recompense; revenge
 
trad. (果報)
simp. (果报)

Etymology

Partial calque of Sanskrit विपाक (vipāka, ripening).

Pronunciation


Noun

果報

  1. (Buddhism) karmic retribution or remuneration

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
ほう
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

()(ほう) • (kahō

  1. (Buddhism) karmic retribution or remuneration
  2. good fortune
    • 千の刃濤、桃花染の皇姫 (in Japanese), August, 2016, Windows
      『こうして宗仁様(そうじんさま)が、(となり)()()いてくださることが(なに)よりの(しあわ)せ。(わたくし)は、天下一(てんかいち)果報者(かほうもの)でございます——』
      “Kō shite Sōjin-sama ga, tonari de te o hīte kudasaru koto ga nani yori no shiawase. Watakushi wa, tenkaichi no kahōmono de gozaimasu——”
      That you, Sōjin, stayed by my side and led me by the hand is my greatest joy. I am the luckiest person in the world.

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN