返す

Meanings

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

Part of speech: godan verb (す), transitive, suffix

Kanji

• 返

  Meanings

  return, answer, fade, repay

  On reading

  ヘン

  Kun reading

  かえ.す、-かえ.す、かえ.る、-かえ.る

  Strokes

  7

Example sentences

• お金は明日返すよ。

  I'll give you back the money tomorrow.

  Tatoeba #227236 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• お前は恩を仇で返したな。

  You bit the hand that fed you.

  Tatoeba #226934 · CC BY 2.0 FR