返す: to return (something)
返す kaesu
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate
JLPT N5Everyday actions
返す kaesu
to return (something)
JLPT N5Other
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
のちに、ワカヒコは、天から投げ返された自分の矢に当たって、死んでしまいました。
Later, Wakahiko was struck by his own arrow, which was thrown back down from heaven, and he died.
From the lesson 国譲り
でも、ニニギは、姉の顔が美しくなかったので、姉を返してしまいました。
But Ninigi sent the elder sister back because her face was not beautiful.
From the lesson 天孫降臨
オオヤマツミは、悲しんで言いました。「二人を置けば、命は岩のように長く、花のようにもさかえたでしょう。でも、姉を返して、妹だけを置いたので、命は花のように短くなるでしょう。」
Ōyamatsumi said sadly, “Had you kept both, your life would have been long like a rock and you would have flourished like blossoms. But since you sent the elder sister back and kept only the younger, your life will be short like a flower.”
From the lesson 天孫降臨