返す かえす to return (something); to restore; to put back v5s vt to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn v5s vt to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate v5s vt to respond (with); to retort; to reply; to say back v5s vt to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back) aux-v v5s to do again; to do repeatedly aux-v v5s beginner ➥