Keyword
return something
- return
- answer
- fade
- repay
- Frequency
- #685
- Strokes
- 7
- Grade
- 3
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 782
Readings
かえ68%
ヘン32%
Mnemonic
On a one-way road you realize you pocketed a neighbor's tool, so you spin the wheel and drive against traffic, horns blaring, to return something.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
繰り返し
repetition; repeat; reiteration; iteration; refrain; cycle; repeatedly; again and again; continually; persistently
Noun
返す
to return (something); to restore; to put back; to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn; to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate; to respond (with); …
Godan verb
見返り
reward; compensation; repayment; something done or given in return; collateral; security; turning to look behind
Noun
振り返る
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on); to reflect (on)
Godan verb
折り返し
by return; (call or write back) without delay; lapel; cuff; turn-up; flap; going back; returning; turn (marathon, swimming, etc.); chorus; …
Adverb
返り点
marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese
Noun
返り咲き
comeback (e.g. in business); reinstatement; second blooming (in a season); reflowering; reflorescence
Noun
見返し
endpaper (of a book); end-paper; facing (material sewn on the inside edge of a garment); looking back; triumphing over (a rival)
Noun