見返す

みかえす

to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending)

Common word

Meanings

  1. Godan verb (-su), Transitive

    to look (stare) back at (someone)
  2. to look at again; to re-examine
  3. to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to get one's own back
  4. Godan verb (-su), Intransitive

    to look back (behind oneself)

Forms

PlainPolite
Present見返すみかえす見返しますみかえします
Negative見返さないみかえさない見返しませんみかえしません
Past見返したみかえした見返しましたみかえしました
Past negative見返さなかったみかえさなかった見返しませんでしたみかえしませんでした
Te-form見返してみかえして
Potential見返せるみかえせる
Passive見返されるみかえされる
Causative見返させるみかえさせる
Volitional見返そうみかえそう
Imperative見返せみかえせ
Conditional (ば)見返せばみかえせば
Conditional (たら)見返したらみかえしたら

Example sentences