折り返し

• 読み: おりかえし
• ローマ字: orikaeshi
• 漢字の分解: 折 (ori) — fold, break; 返 (kaeshi) — return, go back
• 発音: /o.ɾi.ka.e.ɕi/

意味

By return; without delay; right back. Used especially for returning calls, emails, or replies promptly.

An adverb and noun most commonly encountered in the phrase 折り返し電話する (to call back right away) or 折り返しご連絡ください (please get back to us). In business Japanese, it implies a prompt response rather than a delayed one. Also has literal meanings of folding back (fabric, paper) or a return trip on a transportation route.

例文

1. 折り返しお電話いただけますか。
2. 確認でき次第、折り返しご連絡いたします。
3. 担当者が戻り次第折り返しお電話させます。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, phone calls, customer service, email

トーン: polite

起源と歴史

From 折り (ori, to fold) + 返し (kaeshi, to return). Literally 'folding back,' like cloth being folded on itself. The image of turning back immediately gave rise to the sense of a prompt reply or return action.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal