返る
かえる
Also written 反る
Meanings
- Godan verb, Intransitive to return; to come back; to go back (esp. 返る)
- to turn over See also: 裏返る (うらがえる).
- Suffix, Godan verb to become extremely; to become completely (after the -masu stem of a verb; esp. 返る)
Kanji
- 返 give back. Read as かえる.
Example sentences
- のろいはのろい主に返る。
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. - そのとき彼は我に返った。
Then he came to his senses. - 今度日本に返って来られるのはずっと先のことでしょう。
I guess it will be a long time before I can return to Japan. - 新代議士はいすにふんぞり返ってたばこをすっていた。
The new Diet member was smoking, leaning back proudly in a chair. - 洗濯物はもう洗濯屋から返ってきてますか。
Has the wash come back yet?
Common phrases
- 答えが返る
- 我に返る (われにかえる) to come to one's senses
- 返事が返る
- 回答が返る
- 反応が返る
- ふんぞり返る (ふんぞりかえる) to straighten up and stick one's chest out
- 声が返る
- 初心に返る (しょしんにかえる) to recall one's original purpose
- 煮えくり返る (にえくりかえる) to boil
Related forms
- 返す (かえす) to return (something) (transitive partner)
Words containing 返る
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