Word Meaning お返し

おかえし okaeshi

お返し is read as おかえし (okaeshi) and means change (in a cash transaction).

Meaning

English

change (in a cash transaction)
revenge
return gift
return favour (favor)

Reading

Kana

おかえし

Romaji

okaeshi

Writing Variants

御返し おかえし okaeshi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Related Words バレンタイン,バレンタインデー Rank 16423 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

折り返し

おりかえし

aliasing (in imaging)

取り返し

とりかえし

recovery

切り返し

きりかえし

railway switchback

仕返し

しかえし

doing over again

見返し

みかえし

facing (material sewn on the inside edge of a garment)

中国大返し

ちゅうごくおおがえし

Chūgoku Retaliation (military maneuver by Hideyoshi Hashiba in 1582)

表見返し

おもてみかえし

inside of the front cover (of book)

小手返し

こてがえし

Aikido technique, wherein the opponent is brought down by twisting his or her arm away from the body

裏返し

うらがえし

inside out

恩返し

おんがえし

requital of a favour

繰り返し

くりかえし

repeatedly

巻き返し

まきかえし

winding (thread, etc.)

Example Sentences

その本は明日お返しします。

I'll bring the book back to you tomorrow.

来週の月曜日に必ずお返しします。

I'll give it back next Monday without fail.

給料が入ったらすぐにお返しします。

As soon as I get paid I will pay you back.

ナイフを使用したら、必ず元の場所にお返しください。

After using the knife, please be sure to put it back where it was.