Dictionary / Vocabulary / 報いる
むくいる
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate
common word Also written 酬いる
彼女の彼を思う気持ちは報いられた。
Her feeling for him was reciprocated.
彼に一矢を報いてやった。
I took a swing at him.
親の因果が子に報いる。
The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children.