"返す" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [Japanese]

IPA: [ka̠e̞sɨ] Forms: 返す ^godan [canonical] (ruby: (かえ)), -kaesu [romanization], -kafesu [romanization], 返し [stem] (ruby: (かえ)), 返した [past] (ruby: (かえ)), 反す [alternative, kanji, rare]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|かえす|hhira=かへす|type=1}} 返(かえ)す • (-kaesu) ^(←かへす (-kafesu)?)godan (stem 返(かえ)し (-kaeshi), past 返(かえ)した (-kaeshita)), {{tlb|ja|attaches to a verb in ren'yōkei}} (attaches to a verb in ren'yōkei)
  1. to do (something) back, in return, reciprocally Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-返す-ja-suffix-Oxstkmly
  2. to do (something) again, repeatedly; re- Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-返す-ja-suffix-wF9I8DzY

Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [ka̠e̞sɨ]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|かえす|hhira=かへす|tr=trans|type=1}} 返(かえ)す • (kaesu) ^(←かへす (kafesu)?)transitive godan (stem 返(かえ)し (kaeshi), past 返(かえ)した (kaeshita)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|かへ|4-s}} Forms: 返す ^transitive godan [canonical] (ruby: (かえ)), kaesu [romanization], kafesu [romanization], 返し [stem] (ruby: (かえ)), 返した [past] (ruby: (かえ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 返さ [irrealis, stem], かへさ [irrealis, stem], kafesa [irrealis, stem], 返し [continuative, stem], かへし [continuative, stem], kafesi [continuative, stem], 返す [stem, terminative], かへす [stem, terminative], kafesu [stem, terminative], 返す [attributive, stem], かへす [attributive, stem], kafesu [attributive, stem], 返せ [realis, stem], かへせ [realis, stem], kafese [realis, stem], 返せ [imperative, stem], かへせ [imperative, stem], kafese [imperative, stem], 返さず [negative], かへさず [negative], kafesazu [negative], 返せど [contrastive], かへせど [contrastive], kafesedo [contrastive], 返せば [causative], かへせば [causative], kafeseba [causative], 返さば [conditional], かへさば [conditional], kafesaba [conditional], 返しき [past], かへしき [past], kafesiki [past], 返しけり [past], かへしけり [past], kafesikeri [past], 返しつ [perfect], かへしつ [perfect], kafesitu [perfect], 返しぬ [perfect], かへしぬ [perfect], kafesinu [perfect], 返せり [continuative, perfect], 返したり [continuative, perfect], かへせり [continuative, perfect], かへしたり [continuative, perfect], kafeseri [continuative, perfect], kafesitari [continuative, perfect], 返さむ [volitional], かへさむ [volitional], kafesamu [volitional], 反す [alternative, kanji, rare]
  1. to return (something); to give back Synonyms: 返却する
    Sense id: en-返す-ja-verb-06-kF6ai
  2. to return (something) to a previous state; to restore Synonyms: 戻す
    Sense id: en-返す-ja-verb-bfIIUtZN
  3. to return (an action, words, etc.); to reciprocate
    Sense id: en-返す-ja-verb-6N9Ur5d~
  4. (agriculture) to till (soil) Synonyms: 耕す
    Sense id: en-返す-ja-verb-SiFSbVV9 Categories (other): Agriculture Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
  5. (dated) to vomit; to bring up Tags: dated Synonyms: 戻す
    Sense id: en-返す-ja-verb-XNBVi3Zn Categories (other): Vomit, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -su, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 7 14 6 11 52 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -su: 12 12 16 13 13 11 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 11 11 15 13 13 12 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 6 6 8 17 8 13 42 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 11 11 15 13 14 13 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 11 11 15 13 13 12 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 11 11 15 13 14 13 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 7 7 10 15 14 15 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 16 14 14 13 12 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 11 15 13 14 13 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 11 15 13 14 13 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 9 12 11 11 11 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 取り返す (torikaesu) (ruby: (), (かえ)), 繰り返す (kurikaesu) (ruby: (), (かえ)), 耕す (tagayasu) (ruby: (たがや), 田返(たがえ)) (alt: from older 田返す (tagaesu))
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "torikaesu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "取",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "取り返す"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kurikaesu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "繰",
          "く"
        ],
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "繰り返す"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "from older 田返す (tagaesu)",
      "roman": "tagayasu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "耕",
          "たがや"
        ],
        [
          "田返",
          "たがえ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "耕す"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "返す ^transitive godan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaesu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返し",
      "roman": "kaeshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返した",
      "roman": "kaeshita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返さ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返す",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返す",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返せ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafese",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返せ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafese",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返さず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返せど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへせど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返せば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafeseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返さば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへさば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返しき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへしき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返しけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへしけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返しつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへしつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返しぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへしぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返せり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返したり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへせり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへしたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafeseri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返さむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへさむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "反す",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かえす",
        "hhira": "かへす",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "返(かえ)す • (kaesu) ^(←かへす (kafesu)?)transitive godan (stem 返(かえ)し (kaeshi), past 返(かえ)した (kaeshita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かへ",
        "2": "4-s"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Give me back the book I lent you.",
          "roman": "Kashita hon o kaeshite.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "貸",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "返",
              "かえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "貸した本を返して。",
          "translation": "Give me back the book I lent you."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to return (something); to give back"
      ],
      "id": "en-返す-ja-verb-06-kF6ai",
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "give back",
          "give back"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "返却する"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to return (something) to a previous state; to restore"
      ],
      "id": "en-返す-ja-verb-bfIIUtZN",
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "restore",
          "restore"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "戻す"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to return a greeting",
          "roman": "aisatsu o kaesu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "挨拶",
              "あいさつ"
            ],
            [
              "返",
              "かえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "挨拶を返す",
          "translation": "to return a greeting"
        },
        {
          "english": "to reply to a text",
          "roman": "mēru ni kaesu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "返",
              "かえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "メールに返す",
          "translation": "to reply to a text"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't know what to say (in response to that).",
          "roman": "Kaesu kotoba ga mitsukaranai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "返",
              "かえ"
            ],
            [
              "言葉",
              "ことば"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "返す言葉が見つからない。",
          "translation": "I don't know what to say (in response to that)."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to return (an action, words, etc.); to reciprocate"
      ],
      "id": "en-返す-ja-verb-6N9Ur5d~",
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "reciprocate",
          "reciprocate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Agriculture",
          "orig": "ja:Agriculture",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to till (soil)"
      ],
      "id": "en-返す-ja-verb-SiFSbVV9",
      "links": [
        [
          "agriculture",
          "agriculture"
        ],
        [
          "till",
          "till"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(agriculture) to till (soil)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "耕す"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "agriculture",
        "business",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Vomit",
          "orig": "ja:Vomit",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 7 14 6 11 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 12 16 13 13 11 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -su",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 15 13 13 12 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 6 8 17 8 13 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 15 13 14 13 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 15 13 13 12 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 15 13 14 13 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 10 15 14 15 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 16 14 14 13 12 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 15 13 14 13 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 15 13 14 13 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 12 11 11 11 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to vomit; to bring up"
      ],
      "id": "en-返す-ja-verb-XNBVi3Zn",
      "links": [
        [
          "vomit",
          "vomit"
        ],
        [
          "bring up",
          "bring up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) to vomit; to bring up"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "戻す"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠e̞sɨ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "かえす"
    }
  ],
  "word": "返す"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "返す ^godan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kaesu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kafesu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返し",
      "roman": "-kaeshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返した",
      "roman": "-kaeshita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "反す",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix",
        "2": "かえす",
        "hhira": "かへす",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "返(かえ)す • (-kaesu) ^(←かへす (-kafesu)?)godan (stem 返(かえ)し (-kaeshi), past 返(かえ)した (-kaeshita))",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "attaches to a verb in ren'yōkei"
      },
      "expansion": "(attaches to a verb in ren'yōkei)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "suffix",
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to stare back",
          "roman": "mitsumekaesu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "返",
              "かえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "見つめ返す",
          "translation": "to stare back"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do (something) back, in return, reciprocally"
      ],
      "id": "en-返す-ja-suffix-Oxstkmly",
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        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ],
        [
          "in return",
          "in return"
        ],
        [
          "reciprocally",
          "reciprocally"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "to reread the same book",
          "roman": "onaji hon o yomikaesu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "同",
              "おな"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "読",
              "よ"
            ],
            [
              "返",
              "かえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "同じ本を読み返す",
          "translation": "to reread the same book"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do (something) again, repeatedly; re-"
      ],
      "id": "en-返す-ja-suffix-wF9I8DzY",
      "links": [
        [
          "again",
          "again"
        ],
        [
          "repeatedly",
          "repeatedly"
        ],
        [
          "re-",
          "re-"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠e̞sɨ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "かえす"
    }
  ],
  "word": "返す"
}
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    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -su",
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    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese suffixes",
    "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 返 read as かえ",
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    "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "torikaesu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "取",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "取り返す"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kurikaesu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "繰",
          "く"
        ],
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "繰り返す"
    },
    {
      "alt": "from older 田返す (tagaesu)",
      "roman": "tagayasu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "耕",
          "たがや"
        ],
        [
          "田返",
          "たがえ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "耕す"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "返す ^transitive godan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaesu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返し",
      "roman": "kaeshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返した",
      "roman": "kaeshita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返さ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへさ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返す",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返す",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返せ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafese",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返せ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへせ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafese",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返さず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへさず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返せど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへせど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返せば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへせば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafeseba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返さば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへさば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返しき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへしき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返しけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへしけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返しつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへしつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返しぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへしぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返せり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返したり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへせり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへしたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafeseri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返さむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへさむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafesamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "反す",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "かえす",
        "hhira": "かへす",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "返(かえ)す • (kaesu) ^(←かへす (kafesu)?)transitive godan (stem 返(かえ)し (kaeshi), past 返(かえ)した (kaeshita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かへ",
        "2": "4-s"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Give me back the book I lent you.",
          "roman": "Kashita hon o kaeshite.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "貸",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "返",
              "かえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "貸した本を返して。",
          "translation": "Give me back the book I lent you."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to return (something); to give back"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "give back",
          "give back"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "返却する"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to return (something) to a previous state; to restore"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "restore",
          "restore"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "戻す"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to return a greeting",
          "roman": "aisatsu o kaesu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "挨拶",
              "あいさつ"
            ],
            [
              "返",
              "かえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "挨拶を返す",
          "translation": "to return a greeting"
        },
        {
          "english": "to reply to a text",
          "roman": "mēru ni kaesu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "返",
              "かえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "メールに返す",
          "translation": "to reply to a text"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't know what to say (in response to that).",
          "roman": "Kaesu kotoba ga mitsukaranai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "返",
              "かえ"
            ],
            [
              "言葉",
              "ことば"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "返す言葉が見つからない。",
          "translation": "I don't know what to say (in response to that)."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to return (an action, words, etc.); to reciprocate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "reciprocate",
          "reciprocate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ja:Agriculture"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to till (soil)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "agriculture",
          "agriculture"
        ],
        [
          "till",
          "till"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(agriculture) to till (soil)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "耕す"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "agriculture",
        "business",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese dated terms",
        "ja:Vomit"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to vomit; to bring up"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vomit",
          "vomit"
        ],
        [
          "bring up",
          "bring up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) to vomit; to bring up"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "戻す"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠e̞sɨ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "かえす"
    }
  ],
  "word": "返す"
}

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    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese suffixes",
    "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 返 read as かえ",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
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    {
      "form": "返す ^godan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kaesu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kafesu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返し",
      "roman": "-kaeshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
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      "form": "返した",
      "roman": "-kaeshita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "反す",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "rare"
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      "expansion": "返(かえ)す • (-kaesu) ^(←かへす (-kafesu)?)godan (stem 返(かえ)し (-kaeshi), past 返(かえ)した (-kaeshita))",
      "name": "ja-pos"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
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      "expansion": "(attaches to a verb in ren'yōkei)",
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    }
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  "pos": "suffix",
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      "categories": [
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        {
          "english": "to stare back",
          "roman": "mitsumekaesu",
          "ruby": [
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              "見",
              "み"
            ],
            [
              "返",
              "かえ"
            ]
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          "text": "見つめ返す",
          "translation": "to stare back"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do (something) back, in return, reciprocally"
      ],
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        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ],
        [
          "in return",
          "in return"
        ],
        [
          "reciprocally",
          "reciprocally"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "to reread the same book",
          "roman": "onaji hon o yomikaesu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "同",
              "おな"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "読",
              "よ"
            ],
            [
              "返",
              "かえ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "同じ本を読み返す",
          "translation": "to reread the same book"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do (something) again, repeatedly; re-"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "again",
          "again"
        ],
        [
          "repeatedly",
          "repeatedly"
        ],
        [
          "re-",
          "re-"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠e̞sɨ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "かえす"
    }
  ],
  "word": "返す"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.