返し – Vocabulary details

返がえし

Meanings

Noun

1. reversal; return

この返かえしは予よ想そう外がいだったのかもしれない。This return may have been unexpected.

2. return gift; return favour

お祝いわいの返かえしに何なにを贈おくればいいか迷まよう。I can't decide what to give in return for the congratulatory gift.

3. barb (on a fishing hook)

返かえしのある針はりは魚さかなが外はずれにくい。With a barbed hook, the fish is less likely to come off.

4. mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

Alt. forms

Kanji used

返

return something

Pitch accent

が

えし

Used in: 1769

Used in vocabulary (61 in total)

恩おん返がえし

paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)

裏うら返がえし

inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary

意い趣しゅ返がえし

revenge; retaliation

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Examples (6 in total)

これ、その返かえしだから。

This is in return for that.

この釣つり針ばりには返かえしがない。

This fishhook has no barb.

予よ想そう外がいの返かえしに、思おもわず言こと葉ばを失うしなう。

I was so taken aback by the unexpected comeback that I was momentarily speechless.

返かえしのある針はりは魚さかなが外はずれにくい。

With a barbed hook, the fish is less likely to come off.

手て首くびの返かえしで、武ぶ器きを瞬しゅん時じに切きり替かえることができる。

With a flick of the wrist, one can instantly switch weapons.

お祝いわいの返かえしに何なにを贈おくればいいか迷まよう。