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返す かえす N5

  1. to put back; to restore; to return (something)
  2. to overturn; to turn over; to turn upside down
  3. to pay back; to reciprocate; to retaliate
  4. to reply; to respond (with); to retort; to say back
  5. to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back)
  6. to do again; to do repeatedly

返す刀 かえすかたな

  1. attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another

返す返す かえすがえす

  1. repeatedly; to a tremendous extent

繰り返す くりかえす N3

  1. to do over again; to repeat

引き返す ひきかえす N2

  1. to come back; to go back; to retrace one's steps; to return; to turn back

裏返す うらがえす N2

  1. to turn (something) over; to turn inside out; to turn the other way

折り返す おりかえす N1

  1. to fold back (e.g. page); to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.)
  2. to double back; to return; to turn back
  3. to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)

見返す みかえす

  1. to look (stare) back at (someone)
  2. to look at again; to re-examine
  3. to get one's own back; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame
  4. to look back (behind oneself)

言い返す いいかえす

  1. to answer back; to reply; to respond; to retort; to talk back
  2. to repeat (what one has said); to say over

取り返す とりかえす

  1. to catch up on; to get back; to make up (for); to recover; to regain
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