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返る
反る
Readings

kaeru
English
Godan verb with 'ru' ending
Intransitive verb
esp. 返る
to return, to come back, to go back

Godan verb with 'ru' ending
Intransitive verb
See also: 裏返る・1
to turn over

Suffix
Godan verb with 'ru' ending
after the -masu stem of a verb; esp. 返る
to become extremely, to become completely

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Conjugated forms
Present, Future 返る, 返ります
[does], will [do]
返らない, 返りません
doesn't [do], will not [do]
Past 返った, 返りました
[did]
返らなかった, 返りませんでした
didn't [do]
Te-form, Continuative 返って, 返りまして 返らないで, 返りませんで 返らなくて
Kanjis
ON: ヘン KUN: かえ.す, -かえ.す, かえ.る, -かえ.る
return, answer, fade, repay

Stroke: 7 Grade: 3 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 3-3-4 FC: 3130.0


ON: ハン, ホン, タン, ホ KUN: そ.る, そ.らす, かえ.す, かえ.る, -かえ.る
anti-

Stroke: 4 Grade: 3 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 3-2-2 FC: 7124.4


Phrases
のろいはのろい主に返る。
Parts: 呪い (のろい) 呪い (のろい) (ぬし) 返る (かえる)
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.