返る
Meanings
Godan verb
Intransitive verb
1. to return; to come back; to go back (esp. 返る)
2. to turn over
Suffix
Godan verb
3. to become extremely; to become completely (after the -masu stem of a verb; esp. 返る)
Other spellings
反る
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
かえる
Examples11
のろい
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
今度
I guess it will be a long time before I can return to Japan.
汚い
What goes around comes around.
彼女
She came to herself when she was taken to the hospital.
今
There's someone I'm in unrequited love with, but that person is busy now and I don't get replies to my emails.
元気な
Her cheerful voice responded just like that. Guess I was worrying over nothing...