Word Meaning オウム返し

おうむがえし oumugaeshi

オウム返し is read as おうむがえし (oumugaeshi) and means parroting back.

Meaning

English

  1. parroting back
  2. repeating (another's words) like a parrot

Reading

Kana

おうむがえし

Romaji

oumugaeshi

Writing Variants

  • 鸚鵡返し おうむがえし oumugaeshi

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 125507 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

折り返し

おりかえし

aliasing (in imaging)

お返し

おかえし

change (in a cash transaction)

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

一石返し

いっせきがえし

reversing a single stone (othello)

田楽返し

でんがくがえし

device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play

言い返し

いいかえし

replying