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つぐなう
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)
1. to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
Alt. forms
償つぐなう
95%
つぐなう
4%
Pitch accent
つ
ぐな
う
Conjugations...Used in: 124
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to recompense for a loss
the good and bad deeds cancel each other out; good deeds make up for the bad
Examples (3 in total)
Money can't compensate for life.
I will make up for the damage I did to your car.
Nothing will make up for his past mistakes.