返る

かえる

to return

N2 #9,476

Meanings

also 反る

  1. godan verb, intransitive, esp. 返る to return; to come back; to go back
  2. to turn over
  3. suffix, godan verb, after the -masu stem of a verb; esp. 返る to become extremely; to become completely

Its kanji

In sentences

のろいはのろい主おもに返かえる。 Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. #198548

彼かれは急きゅうに立たち止どまってふり返かえった。 He stopped short and looked back. #108454

覆水ふくすい、盆ぼんに返かえらず。 What is done cannot be undone. #5113838