折り返す

おりかえす

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. a page)
2. Godan verb, Intransitive to turn back; to double back; to return
3. to enter (the second half; e.g. of a match)
4. to do immediately (e.g. call back, answer an email); to do right away (adverbially as 折り返して)
5. Godan verb, Transitive to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)

Kanji

• 折 fold. Read as おり.
• 返 give back. Read as かえす.

Example sentences

• 後で、折り返し電話するわ。
  Let me call you back later, OK?
• 折り返し電話するよう伝えます。
  I'll tell him to call you back.
• 折り返し電話する。
  I'll call you back.
• 折り返し電話します。
  Let me call you back.
• どうして折り返し電話してくれなかったの？
  Why didn't you call me back?

Common phrases

• 前半を折り返す
• リードで折り返す
• 試合を折り返す
• 同点で折り返す

Words containing 折り返す

• 折り返し点 (おりかえしてん) turning point
• 折り返し運転 (おりかえしうんてん) shuttling back and forth
• 折り返しポイント (おりかえしポイント) loopback point

And 2 more.

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