Word Meaning 返り
かえり
kaeri
返り is read as かえり (kaeri) and means lapel.
Meaning
English
- lapel
- marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese
- reply
- response
- turning over
- flipping over
Reading
Kana
かえり
Romaji
kaeri
Writing Variants
- 反り かえり kaeri
Stroke Sequence
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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彼は宙返りをした。
He turned a somersault.
彼は寝返りをうった。
He rolled over in his sleep.
彼はトンボ返りをした。
He turned a somersault.
トムが幼児返りしちゃった。
Tom age-regressed.
彼は一晩中寝返りをうった。
He tossed and turned all night.
赤ちゃん返りするきっかけは何？
What triggers regression?
老人は過去を振り返り過ぎです。
Old people look back on the past too much.
老人は過去を振り返りがちである。
Old people are inclined to look back on the past.
トムは振り返りもせず去っていった。
Tom left without looking back.
トムは後方宙返りのやり方を学んだ。
Tom learned how to do a backflip.
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