きびすを返す – Vocabulary details

きびすを返かえす

Expression

Verb (5-dan, す)

1. to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

そして、ようやくわたしたちは踵きびすを返かえした。And at last, we turned back.

return something

heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

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

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