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返 kanji
return, answer, fade, repay
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ヘン
Kun readings
かえす-かえすかえる-かえる
Words with 返
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —返送品returned goods
- —お返事reply; answer; response
- —香港返還return of Hong Kong (to mainland China)
- —二つ返事immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
- —汚名返上clearing one's name; redeeming oneself; restoring one's honor
- —返答次第depending on the answer; hinging on the reply
- —返信葉書return postcard
- —返送照合echo check
- —返還義務obligation of restitution
- —一つ返事ready reply; quick answer
- —借金返済payment of debts; repayment
- —自動返信automated response; autoresponse; autoreply
- —免許返納voluntarily giving up one's driver's license (e.g. because of old age)
- —返品不可no returns
- —返信用封筒self-addressed stamped envelope; SASE
- —返信用葉書(postal) reply card; international reply coupon
- —返信料封筒return, postage-paid envelope
- —返信料葉書return, postage-paid postcard
- —返答に困るto not know how to respond; to be at a loss for an answer; to be at a loss for words
- —返信用の封筒self-addressed stamped envelope; SASE