返す

• 読み: かえす
• ローマ字: kaesu
• 漢字の分解: 返 (hen/kae) — to return, to give back
• 発音: /ka.e.sɯ/

意味

To return (something); to give back; to restore. Used when giving back something borrowed.

A Group 1 (godan) verb with a す stem. Used for returning borrowed items, money, and favours. に marks the person you return to, を marks the item. Often paired with 借りる (kariru, to borrow) in learning contexts. The intransitive form 返る (kaeru) means 'to come back.'

例文

1. 図書館に本を返さなければなりません。
2. 借りたお金を来週返します。
3. ノートを友達に返してください。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, library, friends

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 返 combines 辶 (movement radical) and 反 (to turn over/reverse), suggesting the act of turning something around and sending it back to where it came from.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal