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償う[つぐなう] (tsugunau)

make up for; recompense

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Meaning

償う (つぐなう, tsugunau) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “make up for; recompense”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

自分じぶんが犯おかした罪つみは一生いっしょうかけて償つぐないます

I will be paying all my life for the crime that I committed.

金かねで命いのちは償つぐなえない。

Money cannot compensate for life.

彼かれは失敗しっぱいの償つぐないをした。

He made amends for his mistakes.

この次つぎに償つぐないをするよ。

I will make up for it next time.

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