ききかえす – Vocabulary details

ききかえす

Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)

1. to listen repeatedly; to listen again

2. to ask a question in return

尋たずねたのに逆ぎゃくに聞きき返かえされて戸と惑まどった。I asked a question, but was thrown when they asked me one back instead.

3. to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

意い味みが分わからず、聞きき返かえす。Not understanding the meaning, I ask again.

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hearing; audible sound; rumour; rumor; tasting (alcohol, tea, etc.)

to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

意い味みが分わからず、ききかえす。

Not understanding the meaning, I ask again.

尋たずねたのに逆ぎゃくにききかえされて戸と惑まどった。

I asked a question, but was thrown when they asked me one back instead.

知しらない単たん語ごを使つかわれたのでききかえした。

They used a word I didn't know, so I asked them to say it again.

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