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What is the difference between 当然の報いだ and ざまを見ろ ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 当然の報いだ and ざまを見ろ ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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They both mean "you/they deserve the misfortune (that happened to you/them)"
当然の報いだ - more formal.
- the speaker is on a higher moral ground than the person they are addressing.
- only refers to the misfortune in relation to whatever incorrect/evil action the addressee has done prior.
ざまを見ろ - more casual.
- the speaker is not necessarily on a higher moral ground, but is simply rejoicing in the addressee's bad luck because in many cases the addressee is their rival, opponent, enemy, someone they hate etc even without having doing anything bad related to what has happened to them.
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They both mean "you/they deserve the misfortune (that happened to you/them)"
当然の報いだ - more formal.
- the speaker is on a higher moral ground than the person they are addressing.
- only refers to the misfortune in relation to whatever incorrect/evil action the addressee has done prior.
ざまを見ろ - more casual.
- the speaker is not necessarily on a higher moral ground, but is simply rejoicing in the addressee's bad luck because in many cases the addressee is their rival, opponent, enemy, someone they hate etc even without having doing anything bad related to what has happened to them.
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