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返す

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See also: 返る

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かえ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
反す (rare)

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「返す
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
返す えす [káꜜèsù]
Imperative (命令形) 返せ えせ [káꜜèsè]
Key constructions
Passive 返される えされ [kàésáréꜜrù]
Causative 返させる えさせ [kàésáséꜜrù]
Potential 返せる えせ [kàéséꜜrù]
Volitional 返そう えそ [kàésóꜜò]
Negative 返さない えさない [kàésáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 返さなかった えさなかった [kàésáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 返します えしま [kàéshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 返した えした [káꜜèshìtà]
Conjunctive 返して えして [káꜜèshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 返せば えせば [káꜜèsèbà]

Verb

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(かえ) (kaesuかへす (kafesu)?transitive godan (stem (かえ) (kaeshi), past (かえ)した (kaeshita))

Japanese verb pair
active 返す
mediopassive 返る
  1. to return (something)
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      (わたし)ディスク(かえ)してください
      watashi no disuku o kaeshite kudasai
      Please return my disc

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Suffix

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(かえ) (-kaesuかへす (-kafesu)?godan (stem (かえ) (-kaeshi), past (かえ)した (-kaeshita))

  1. to repeat, to redo

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō