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報う

to recompense

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Conjugation of 報う

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern.
私/俺
Present informal tense
報う
mukuu
I recompense
Present informal negative tense
報わない
mukuwanai
I don't recompense
Present formal tense
報います
mukuimasu
I recompense
Present formal negative tense
報いません
mukuimasen
I do not recompense
私/俺
Past informal tense
報った
mukutta
I recompensed
Past informal negative tense
報わなかった
mukuwanakatta
I didn't recompense
Past formal tense
報いました
mukuimashita
I recompense
Past formal negative tense
報いませんでした
mukuimasen deshita
I did not recompense
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
報え
mukue
recompense
Imperative negative mood
報うな
mukuu na
don't recompense
Imperative formal mood
報ってください
mukutte kudasai
please recompense
Imperative formal negative mood
報わないでください
mukuwanai dekudasai
please do not recompense
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
報って
mukutte
recompense
Passive stem
報われる
mukuwareru
recompensed
Hypothetical tense
報え
mukue
if I recompensed
Hypothetical conditional stem
報えば
mukueba
recompensed
私/俺
Volitional stem
報おう
mukuō
will recompense
Potential stem
報える
mukueru
recompensed
Continuative stem
報い
mukui
recompensing
Causative stem
報わせる
mukuwaseru
allow to recompense
私/俺
Imperfective stem
報わ
mukuwa
recompense

Examples of 報う

たぶん見返りにウォーカーの情報を 報い?

He wants justice for the men who were killed, for which I think he'll tell me what he knows about Walker.

報い? それは

Justice?