返す

Meaning

1. v5svt
   to return (something); to restore; to put back
2. v5svt
   to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn
3. v5svt
   to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate
4. v5svt
   to respond (with); to retort; to reply; to say back
5. aux-vv5s
   to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back)
6. aux-vv5s
   to do again; to do repeatedly

Example sentences

• 私たちはもう終わったわ。指輪を返して！

  It's over between us. Give me back my ring!

• 土曜日までに本を返さなければなりません。

  I have to give back the book before Saturday.

• おやおや、食事の途中に席を立つとはマナーに反しますね。

  Oh my, leaving the table in the middle of a meal is bad manners, you know.