NichiDict

返す

N5
かえす
反す
[kaesu]
Illustration for 返す

Meanings

1.GodanTransitive

to return (something); to restore; to put back

2.GodanTransitive

to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn

3.GodanTransitive

to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate

4.GodanTransitive

to respond (with); to retort; to reply; to say back

5.Aux-verbGodan

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

6.Aux-verbGodan

to do again; to do repeatedly

Examples

借りた本を返したよ。

I returned the book I borrowed.

来週までに返してもらえますか。

Could you return it by next week?

さなければいけないのに忘れてしまった。

I had to return it but forgot.