返 : Return

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Components:

反辶

return, answer, fade, repay

On 'yomi:

ヘン(hen)

Kun 'yomi:

かえ.す(kae.su) -かえ.す(kae.su) かえ.る(kae.ru) -かえ.る(kae.ru)

Strokes:	7
Radical:	辵 (162)
Usage Rating:	685

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	3

Unicode:	08fd4
jis208:	42-54

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返 Usage examples

射返す(いかえす)	to return fire, to shoot back
見返る(みかえる)	to look back
割れ返る(われかえる)	to break completely, to (figuratively) bring the house down
遣り返す(やりかえす) やり返す(やりかえす)	to do over, to answer or fire back, to retort
切り返す(きりかえす) 切返す(きりかえす) 斬り返す(きりかえす)	to perform a twisting backward knee trip, to counterattack, to retort
縫い返す(ぬいかえす)	to resew
こね返す(こねかえす) 捏ね返す(こねかえす) 捏返す(こねかえす)	to knead, to mix, to complicate, to turn into a mess
蹴返す(けかえす)	to kick back
揺り返す(ゆりかえす)	to shake back
煮えくり返る(にえくりかえる) 煮え繰り返る(にえくりかえる)	to boil, to seethe
振り返す(ふりかえす)	to relapse, to reassert, to review
染め返す(そめかえす)	to dye again
裏を返す(うらをかえす)	to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time, to turn the other way, to turn (something) over
弾き返す(はじきかえす)	to reject, to repel
倍にして返す(ばいにしてかえす)	to repay x times the original amount
返信用(へんしんよう)	for reply
返答に詰まる(へんとうにつまる)	to be embarrassed for a reply
巻き返し作戦(まきかえしさくせん)	rollback operation
どんでん返し(どんでんがえし)	(sudden) complete reversal (of plot), unexpected twist (at end of story)
フライ返し(フライがえし)	spatula
ぶり返す(ぶりかえす)	to come back, to return, to recur
即返事(そくへんじ)	prompt reply
即返信(そくへんしん)	prompt reply
返り大関(かえりおおぜき)	former ozeki-ranked wrestler returning to that rank
軍配を返す(ぐんばいをかえす)	referee signalling the imminent start of a bout by turning his fan
返読点(へんどくてん)	word-order marks used to assist reading of Chinese classics
汚名返上(おめいへんじょう)	redeem oneself
返答次第(へんとうしだい)	depending on the answer, hinging on the reply
納まり返る(おさまりかえる)	to be quite content
返戻金(へんれいきん)	payout on cancellation of contract, lump sum when policy matures
ちゃぶ台返し(チャブだいがえし) チャブ台返し(チャブだいがえし) 卓袱台返し(チャブだいがえし)	flipping a table over in anger, overturning a table in anger
恩返しをする(おんがえしをする)	to return a favor (favour), to repay
踵を返す(くびすをかえす)	to turn back, to return