返す
かえす
to return (something); to restore; to put back; to turn over
JLPT N5 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-su), Transitive
to return (something); to restore; to put back- to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn
- to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate
- to respond (with); to retort; to reply; to say back
Auxiliary verb, Godan verb (-su)
to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back)
All 6 meanings
- to do again; to do repeatedly
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 返すかえす | 返しますかえします |
| Negative | 返さないかえさない | 返しませんかえしません |
| Past | 返したかえした | 返しましたかえしました |
| Past negative | 返さなかったかえさなかった | 返しませんでしたかえしませんでした |
| Te-form | 返してかえして |
|---|---|
| Potential | 返せるかえせる |
| Passive | 返されるかえされる |
| Causative | 返させるかえさせる |
| Volitional | 返そうかえそう |
| Imperative | 返せかえせ |
| Conditional (ば) | 返せばかえせば |
| Conditional (たら) | 返したらかえしたら |
Example sentences
財布を返せ。
Give me back my wallet.
かばんを返せ。
Give me back my bag.
帽子、返して。
Give me back my hat.
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Give me back my youth!
ズボン返してよ。
Give me back my pants.
More examples (10)
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Give me back my life.
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Give me back my clothes.
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I'll give you back the money tomorrow.
トムの本は返した？
Did you return Tom's book?
巣に返してあげて。
Put it back in the nest.
消しゴム返してよ。
Give me back my eraser.
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Give me back my pencil.
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Don't replace kindness with evil.
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He hit me back.
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She took the book back to the library.