折り返す

• 読み: おりかえす
• ローマ字: orikaesu
• 漢字の分解: 折 (setsu/o) — fold, bend, break; 返 (hen/kae) — return, give back
• 発音: /o.ɾi.ka.e.sɯ/

意味

To turn up (a hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back. Also means to return (a call) or to turn back along a route.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb with both physical and communicative meanings. Physically, it means to fold something back on itself. In communication, 折り返す is widely used for returning phone calls (折り返し電話する). Also describes turning back on a path or route. The adverb 折り返し means 'by return' or 'immediately.'

例文

1. ズボンの裾を折り返して履いている。
2. 後ほど折り返しお電話いたします。
3. マラソンのコースは公園で折り返す。

使い方ガイド

場面: phone calls, sewing, sports

トーン: practical

起源と歴史

Compound verb from 折る (to fold, bend) and 返す (to return). Literally means to fold and return, describing the action of turning something back on itself.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal