Word Meaning 返る

かえる kaeru

返る is read as かえる (kaeru) and means to turn over.

Meaning

English

to turn over
to become extremely
to become completely
to return
to come back
to go back

Reading

Kana

かえる

Romaji

kaeru

Writing Variants

反るかえる kaeru

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 1247 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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返す

かえす

to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back)

返事

へんじ

返済

へんさい

repayment

返上

へんじょう

return

返信

へんしん

reply (e.g. email, fax, letter)

返答

へんとう

返品

へんぴん

returned goods

返金

へんきん

refund

返送

へんそう

sending back

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

返書

へんしょ

reply (to a letter)

返礼

へんれい

retaliation

Example Sentences

後ろを振り返るな。

Don't look back.

老人は過度に昔を振り返る。

Old people look back on the past too much.

ビールを飲むと生き返るね。

Drinking beer refreshes me.

彼が振り返ることはなかった。

He never looked back.

過去のことを振り返るのはやめろよ。

Don't look back.

はらわたの煮えくり返る思いをした。

I was having thoughts that made my blood boil.

彼は私に後ろを振り返るなと言った。

He told me not to look behind.

人生を振り返ると、なんだか切なくなるな。

When I look back on my life, it's kind of sad.

このホラー映画では死者が生き返ることが可能だ。

In this horror movie, it is possible for the dead to come back to life.

自分の思春期を振り返ると、いつも憂うつな気分になる。

I cannot look back on my adolescence without feeling depressed.

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