"返る" meaning in Japanese

See 返る in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ka̠e̞ɾɯ̟]
Etymology: ⟨kape₁ru⟩ → */kapʷeru/ → /kaferu/ → /kawʲeru/ → /kaeru/ From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kapyaru. Appears to be derived from a kape- stem, compare 返す (kaesu, “return”, transitive). Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|⟨kape₁ru⟩}} ⟨kape₁ru⟩, {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*kapyaru}} Proto-Japonic *kapyaru Head templates: {{ja-verb|かえる|hhira=かへる|tr=intrans|type=1}} 返(かえ)る • (kaeru) ^(←かへる (kaferu)?)intransitive godan (stem 返(かえ)り (kaeri), past 返(かえ)った (kaetta)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|かへ|4-r}} Forms: 返る [canonical] (ruby: (かえ)), kaeru [romanization], kaferu [romanization], 返り [stem] (ruby: (かえ)), 返った [past] (ruby: (かえ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 返ら [error-unrecognized-form], かえら [error-unrecognized-form], kaera [error-unrecognized-form], 返り [error-unrecognized-form], かえり [error-unrecognized-form], kaeri [error-unrecognized-form], 返る [error-unrecognized-form], かえる [error-unrecognized-form], kaeru [error-unrecognized-form], 返れ [error-unrecognized-form], かえれ [error-unrecognized-form], kaere [error-unrecognized-form], 返られる [passive], かえられる [passive], kaerareru [passive], 返らせる [causative], 返らす [causative], かえらせる [causative], かえらす [causative], kaeraseru [causative], kaerasu [causative], 返れる [potential], かえれる [potential], kaereru [potential], 返ろう [volitional], かえろう [volitional], kaerō [volitional], 返らない [negative], かえらない [negative], kaeranai [negative], 返らず [continuative, negative], かえらず [continuative, negative], kaerazu [continuative, negative], 返ります [formal], かえります [formal], kaerimasu [formal], 返った [perfective], かえった [perfective], kaetta [perfective], 返って [conjunctive], かえって [conjunctive], kaette [conjunctive], 返れば [conditional, hypothetical], かえれば [conditional, hypothetical], kaereba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], 返ら [irrealis, stem], かへら [irrealis, stem], kafera [irrealis], 返り [continuative, stem], かへり [continuative, stem], kaferi [continuative], 返る [stem, terminative], かへる [stem, terminative], kaferu [terminative], 返る [attributive, stem], かへる [attributive, stem], kaferu [attributive], 返れ [realis, stem], かへれ [realis, stem], kafere [realis], 返れ [imperative, stem], かへれ [imperative, stem], kafere [imperative], 返らず [negative], かへらず [negative], kaferazu [negative], 返れど [contrastive], かへれど [contrastive], kaferedo [contrastive], 返れば [causative], かへれば [causative], kafereba [causative], 返らば [conditional], かへらば [conditional], kaferaba [conditional], 返りき [past], かへりき [past], kaferiki [past], 返りけり [past], かへりけり [past], kaferikeri [past], 返りつ [perfect], かへりつ [perfect], kaferitu [perfect], 返りぬ [perfect], かへりぬ [perfect], kaferinu [perfect], 返れり [continuative, perfect], 返りたり [continuative, perfect], かへれり [continuative, perfect], かへりたり [continuative, perfect], kafereri [continuative, perfect], kaferitari [continuative, perfect], 返らむ [volitional], かへらむ [volitional], kaferamu [volitional]
  1. to return, go back
    Sense id: en-返る-ja-verb-yCNcYYb4
  2. to reverse, turn over
    to move in the opposite direction
    Sense id: en-返る-ja-verb-i-Be120f Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -eru, Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -eru: 7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru: 7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13
  3. to reverse, turn over
    to interchange front and back
    Sense id: en-返る-ja-verb-4YDQhqs5 Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -eru, Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -eru: 7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru: 7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13
  4. to change color, fade
    Sense id: en-返る-ja-verb-Bzv3Kc91
  5. (of a year) to renew
    Sense id: en-返る-ja-verb-1L4o24qA
  6. (by extension) to start over Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-返る-ja-verb-Qvexko~h Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -eru, Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 7 4 2 57 11 11 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -eru: 7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru: 7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 3 9 11 7 5 44 10 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 6 8 5 3 53 11 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 6 8 5 3 54 11 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 7 16 14 9 10 25 9 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 6 8 5 3 55 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 8 8 5 3 53 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 3 3 2 2 63 12 12
  7. suffixed to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of a verb:
    to [verb] completely
    Sense id: en-返る-ja-verb-39s8HOPx Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -eru, Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -eru: 7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru: 7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13
  8. suffixed to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of a verb:
    to [verb] over and over or repeatedly
    Sense id: en-返る-ja-verb-1XFRg3eE Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -eru, Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -eru: 7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru: 7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (reverse, turn over, renew): 反る [continuative, suffix, verb] Derived forms: 帰る, 還る (kaeru) (english: go home), 孵る (kaeru) (ruby: (かえ)) (english: hatch out), 覆る (kutsugaeru) (ruby: (くつがえ)) (english: topple), 翻る (hirugaeru) (ruby: (ひるがえ)) (english: turn around), 踏ん反り返る (funzorikaeru) (ruby: (), (), (かえ)) Related terms: 戻る (modoru) (ruby: (もど)) (english: return, turn back)
Disambiguation of 'reverse, turn over, renew': 0 43 43 1 8 4 1 1
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      "word": "帰る"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "go home",
      "roman": "kaeru",
      "word": "還る"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "hatch out",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "反",
          "ぞ"
        ],
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          "かえ"
        ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "ja-go-ru",
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      "form": "返ら",
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      "form": "かえら",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
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      "form": "kaera",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "返り",
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    {
      "form": "かえり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "kaeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "かえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返られる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返らせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaeraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaerasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返ろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaerō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返らない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaeranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaerazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返ります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaerimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaetta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafera",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返り",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返れど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返らば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへらば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返りき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへりき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返りけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへりけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返りつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへりつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返りぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへりぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返れり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返りたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへれり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへりたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafereri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返らむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへらむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かえる",
        "hhira": "かへる",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "返(かえ)る • (kaeru) ^(←かへる (kaferu)?)intransitive godan (stem 返(かえ)り (kaeri), past 返(かえ)った (kaetta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かへ",
        "2": "4-r"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "return, turn back",
      "roman": "modoru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "戻",
          "もど"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "戻る"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to return, go back"
      ],
      "id": "en-返る-ja-verb-yCNcYYb4",
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "go back",
          "go back"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -eru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to reverse, turn over",
        "to move in the opposite direction"
      ],
      "id": "en-返る-ja-verb-i-Be120f",
      "links": [
        [
          "reverse",
          "reverse"
        ],
        [
          "turn over",
          "turn over"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "opposite",
          "opposite"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -eru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to reverse, turn over",
        "to interchange front and back"
      ],
      "id": "en-返る-ja-verb-4YDQhqs5",
      "links": [
        [
          "reverse",
          "reverse"
        ],
        [
          "turn over",
          "turn over"
        ],
        [
          "interchange",
          "interchange"
        ],
        [
          "front",
          "front"
        ],
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to change color, fade"
      ],
      "id": "en-返る-ja-verb-Bzv3Kc91",
      "links": [
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ],
        [
          "color",
          "color"
        ],
        [
          "fade",
          "fade"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to renew"
      ],
      "id": "en-返る-ja-verb-1L4o24qA",
      "links": [
        [
          "year",
          "year"
        ],
        [
          "renew",
          "renew"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a year) to renew"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a year"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 7 7 4 2 57 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -eru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 11 7 5 44 10 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 6 8 5 3 53 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 6 8 5 3 54 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 16 14 9 10 25 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 6 8 5 3 55 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 8 8 5 3 53 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 3 2 2 63 12 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to start over"
      ],
      "id": "en-返る-ja-verb-Qvexko~h",
      "links": [
        [
          "start over",
          "start over"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) to start over"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -eru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffixed to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of a verb:",
        "to [verb] completely"
      ],
      "id": "en-返る-ja-verb-39s8HOPx",
      "links": [
        [
          "連用形",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "completely",
          "completely"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -eru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 16 16 9 8 18 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 12, poem 2890:",
          "roman": "nubatama no yo o nagami ka mo waga seko ga ime ni ime ni shi mie-kaeruran",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夜干",
              "ぬば"
            ],
            [
              "玉",
              "たま"
            ],
            [
              "之",
              "の"
            ],
            [
              "夜乎",
              "よを"
            ],
            [
              "長",
              "ながみ"
            ],
            [
              "鴨",
              "かも"
            ],
            [
              "吾",
              "わが"
            ],
            [
              "背子之",
              "せこが"
            ],
            [
              "夢",
              "いめ"
            ],
            [
              "尓",
              "に"
            ],
            [
              "夢",
              "いめ"
            ],
            [
              "西",
              "にし"
            ],
            [
              "所見",
              "みえ"
            ],
            [
              "還",
              "かへる"
            ],
            [
              "良武",
              "らむ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "夜干玉之夜乎長鴨吾背子之夢尓夢西所見還良武",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffixed to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of a verb:",
        "to [verb] over and over or repeatedly"
      ],
      "id": "en-返る-ja-verb-1XFRg3eE",
      "links": [
        [
          "連用形",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "over and over",
          "over and over"
        ],
        [
          "repeatedly",
          "repeatedly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かえる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠e̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 43 43 1 8 4 1 1",
      "sense": "reverse, turn over, renew",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "suffix",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "反る"
    }
  ],
  "word": "返る"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -eru",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
    "Japanese intransitive verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "帰る"
    },
    {
      "english": "go home",
      "roman": "kaeru",
      "word": "還る"
    },
    {
      "english": "hatch out",
      "roman": "kaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "孵",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "孵る"
    },
    {
      "english": "topple",
      "roman": "kutsugaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "覆",
          "くつがえ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "覆る"
    },
    {
      "english": "turn around",
      "roman": "hirugaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "翻",
          "ひるがえ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "翻る"
    },
    {
      "roman": "funzorikaeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "踏",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "反",
          "ぞ"
        ],
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "踏ん反り返る"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "⟨kape₁ru⟩"
      },
      "expansion": "⟨kape₁ru⟩",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "jpx-pro",
        "3": "*kapyaru"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Japonic *kapyaru",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "⟨kape₁ru⟩ → */kapʷeru/ → /kaferu/ → /kawʲeru/ → /kaeru/\nFrom Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kapyaru.\nAppears to be derived from a kape- stem, compare 返す (kaesu, “return”, transitive).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "返る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaeru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返り",
      "roman": "kaeri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返った",
      "roman": "kaetta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "返",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaera",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返り",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返られる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaerareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返らせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaeraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaerasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaereru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返ろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaerō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返らない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaeranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaerazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返ります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaerimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaetta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaette",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かえれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafera",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返り",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返れど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafereba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返らば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへらば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返りき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへりき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返りけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへりけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返りつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへりつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返りぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへりぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返れり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返りたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへれり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへりたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kafereri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "返らむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かへらむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaferamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かえる",
        "hhira": "かへる",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "返(かえ)る • (kaeru) ^(←かへる (kaferu)?)intransitive godan (stem 返(かえ)り (kaeri), past 返(かえ)った (kaetta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かへ",
        "2": "4-r"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "return, turn back",
      "roman": "modoru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "戻",
          "もど"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "戻る"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to return, go back"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "go back",
          "go back"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to reverse, turn over",
        "to move in the opposite direction"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reverse",
          "reverse"
        ],
        [
          "turn over",
          "turn over"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "opposite",
          "opposite"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to reverse, turn over",
        "to interchange front and back"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reverse",
          "reverse"
        ],
        [
          "turn over",
          "turn over"
        ],
        [
          "interchange",
          "interchange"
        ],
        [
          "front",
          "front"
        ],
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to change color, fade"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ],
        [
          "color",
          "color"
        ],
        [
          "fade",
          "fade"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to renew"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "year",
          "year"
        ],
        [
          "renew",
          "renew"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a year) to renew"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a year"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to start over"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "start over",
          "start over"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) to start over"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "suffixed to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of a verb:",
        "to [verb] completely"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "連用形",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "completely",
          "completely"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of Japanese usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 12, poem 2890:",
          "roman": "nubatama no yo o nagami ka mo waga seko ga ime ni ime ni shi mie-kaeruran",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "夜干",
              "ぬば"
            ],
            [
              "玉",
              "たま"
            ],
            [
              "之",
              "の"
            ],
            [
              "夜乎",
              "よを"
            ],
            [
              "長",
              "ながみ"
            ],
            [
              "鴨",
              "かも"
            ],
            [
              "吾",
              "わが"
            ],
            [
              "背子之",
              "せこが"
            ],
            [
              "夢",
              "いめ"
            ],
            [
              "尓",
              "に"
            ],
            [
              "夢",
              "いめ"
            ],
            [
              "西",
              "にし"
            ],
            [
              "所見",
              "みえ"
            ],
            [
              "還",
              "かへる"
            ],
            [
              "良武",
              "らむ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "夜干玉之夜乎長鴨吾背子之夢尓夢西所見還良武",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffixed to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of a verb:",
        "to [verb] over and over or repeatedly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "連用形",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "over and over",
          "over and over"
        ],
        [
          "repeatedly",
          "repeatedly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かえる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠e̞ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "reverse, turn over, renew",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "suffix",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "反る"
    }
  ],
  "word": "返る"
}

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