Dictionary / Vocabulary / 返る
かえる
to return; to come back; to go back; to turn over
JLPT N1 common word Also written 反る
汚い行為の報いは必ず自分に返ってくる。
What goes around comes around.
今片思いの人がいるのですが、 片思いの人は今忙しくて、メールが返ってきません。
There's someone I'm in unrequited love with, but that person is busy now and I don't get replies to my emails.
元気な声がそのまま返ってくる。杞憂だったかな・・・。
Her cheerful voice responded just like that. Guess I was worrying over nothing...