JLPT N4 Elementary
返す
To return an object, money, or favor to its source; to flip over or do back.
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Other forms
返します polite form
返して te-form
返した plain past
返さない plain negative
反す less common kanji
1 Verb (transitive)
To return, repay, or reply
Restores an item, monetary debt, or social obligation to its original owner or source.
Example
図書館 に 本 を 返し て ください 。
Please return the book to the library.
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2 Suffix / Auxiliary Verb
As a Suffix: To do something back / again
Attaches to verb stems to indicate doing an action in return, retaliation, or repetitively.
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3 Verb (transitive)
To flip over
Inverts an object so the reverse side faces upward or outward.
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