返す
Meanings
Godan verb
Transitive verb
1. to return (something); to restore; to put back
2. to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn
3. to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate
4. to respond (with); to retort; to reply; to say back
Suffix
Godan verb
5. to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back) (after the -masu stem of a verb)
6. to do ... again; to do ... repeatedly (after the -masu stem of a verb)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
かえす
Used in vocabulary
Examples111
お金
I'll give you back the money tomorrow.
お前
You bit the hand that fed you.
君
You must return the book to him.
その
She put the picture back in his hand.
この
Take this book back to him.
それ
Put it back where you got it from.