Word details

お返し

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word お返し.

Dictionary

Entry

お返し御返しかえしNoun~する VerbFreq #4363
1

Transitive verb

return gift; return favour

Examples
お返しに微積分のノートを貸してあげるわ。
I'll pay you back with my calculus notes.
2

revenge

Examples
いつか私を軽蔑したことに対して、彼にお返しをしてやろう。
Someday I will repay him for looking down on me.
3

change (in a cash transaction)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

return, answer, fade, repay

6 strokesFrequency 685JLPT N2Grade 3

On

ヘン

Kun

かえ.す-かえ.すかえ.る-かえ.る

honorable, manipulate, govern

12 strokesFrequency 1,087JLPT N2Grade 8

On

ギョ

Kun

おん-お-み-

Nanori

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