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Turn Back Inside Return Repeat One's Upside Upset

Kanji
Onyomi ヘン
Kunyomi かえ.す、-かえ.す、かえ.る、-かえ.る
English return, answer, fade, repay
Examples 返還(へんかん): return; restoration
返済(へんさい): repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
返事(へんじ): reply; answer; response
繰り返す(くりかえす): to repeat; to do something over again
振り返る(ふりかえる): to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back
裏返し(うらがえし): inside out; upside down
返答(へんとう): reply
引返す(ひきかえす): to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps
折り返す(おりかえす): (1) to turn up; to fold back (2) to loopback (a signal, a message)
裏返す(うらがえす): to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
引っ繰り返る(ひっくりかえる): to be overturned; to be upset; to topple over; to be reversed
宙返り(ちゅうがえり): somersault; looping-the-loop
照り返す(てりかえす): to reflect; to throw back light
ひっくり返す(ひっくりかえす): (1) to turn over; to turn upside down; to turn up; to turn inside out; to turn out (2) to knock over; to tip over (3) to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset; to reverse
JLPT Level 3
Jouyou Grade 3
Frequency 685
Components 反: anti-
辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162)
Number of Strokes 7
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 162
Radical Strokes 7
Radical Reading しんにょう・しんにゅう
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword return
Koohii Story 1 Pretty obvious: to return is to turn back on the road you´re on and go the opposite way.
Koohii Story 2 In "The Return of the anti-hero", Clint Eastwood kicks the villain in the crotch, pushes them off the cliff and onto a busy highway. A tiring movie franchise to say the least....

Tags: jlpt.n3, grade3, kanjifreq501-750

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