返す
かえす
Also written 反す
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to return (something); to restore; to put back See also: かえす.
- to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn
- to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate
- to respond (with); to retort; to reply; to say back
- Suffix, Godan verb to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back) (after the -masu stem of a verb)
- to do ... again; to do ... repeatedly (after the -masu stem of a verb)
Kanji
- 返 give back. Read as かえす.
Example sentences
- 土曜日までに本を返さなければなりません。
I have to give back the book before Saturday. - 君は借金を返さなければならない。
You should pay back your debts. - 銀行のローンを返すのに、どうしてもお金が必要です。
I've got to get some money somehow to repay the bank loan. - 金額にもかかわらず、ブライアンは来週までに間違いなく全額返してもらいたがっています。
Regardless of the amount, Brian wants the correct, entire amount by next week. - 金を返してもらうために、ついに脅してやった。
I had to resort to threats to get my money back.
Common phrases
- 借金を返す
- お金を返す
- 金を返す
- 借りを返す (かりをかえす) to pay back a debt
- 裏を返せば (うらをかえせば) to look at it from another perspective
- 手のひらを返す (てのひらをかえす) to flip-flop
- ボールを返す
- 答えを返す
- 手首を返す
- 恩を返す (おんをかえす) to return a favor
- 仇で返す
- 持ち主に返す
- もとに返す
- 娘を返す
- 笑顔で返す
Related forms
- 返る (かえる) to return (intransitive partner)
Words containing 返す
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