Meaning of 返る in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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返る, 反るJLPT 2
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Kana Readingかえる
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Romajikaeru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `ru` ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to return; to come back; to go back
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to turn over
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- Parts of speech
- suffix, Godan verb with `ru` ending
- Meaning
- (after the -masu stem of a verb) (to become) extremely; (to become) completely
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Example Sentences
返る, 反る, かえる used in context
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What goes around comes around.
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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.
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Her cheerful voice responded just like that. Guess I was worrying over nothing...
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シャラポアのショットはとても早いのですが・・・早い球というのはその分早くボールが返ってくるんです。
Sharapova's shots are very fast but...a fast ball means that it will come back that much faster.
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かくかくしかじかで、と事情を説明したのだが、あんまり興味なさそうな相槌しか返ってこなかった。
I explained the situation, as this, that and such and such, but they just nodded along without showing much interest.
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She came to herself when she was taken to the hospital.
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