JLPT N1 Advanced
償う
To compensate for a loss or atone for a crime or wrongdoing.
Readings
Other forms
償います polite form
償った past form
償わない negative form
償って te-form
Verb (Godan, transitive)
To compensate for / To atone for
To make reparations for a financial loss or to accept punishment to atone for a crime.
Example
彼 は 罪 を 償う ため に 、 10 年間 刑務所 に 入った 。
He went to prison for 10 years to atone for his crime.
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