Word Meaning 返す
かえす
kaesu
返す is read as かえす (kaesu) and means to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back).
Meaning
English
- to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back)
- to do again
- to do repeatedly
- to pay back
- to retaliate
- to reciprocate
- to return (something)
- to restore
Reading
Kana
かえす
Romaji
kaesu
Writing Variants
- 反す かえす kaesu
Stroke Sequence
2 Characters • 9 Total StrokesStudy Signals and Categories
Related Vocabulary
Max. 12返り点
かえりてん
marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese
Example Sentences
10奨学金は卒業後に少しずつ返す。
しょうがくきんはそつぎょうごにすこしずつかえす。
The scholarship money is repaid little by little after graduation.
恩を仇で返すな。
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
歴史は繰り返す。
History repeats itself.
お金は明日返すよ。
I'll give you back the money tomorrow.
恩をあだで返すな。
Don't replace kindness with evil.
蒸し返すのはやめろ。
Stop beating a dead horse.
噛まれたら、噛み返す。
If you bite me, I'll bite back.
恩を仇で返すんじゃないぞ。
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
また暑さがぶり返すそうだ。
I understand it's going to get hot again.
彼女に言い返すのは筋違いだ。
It's wrong of you to talk back to her.