返る
かえる · kaeru
To return, to come back, to go back
- to turn over
- to become extremely, to become completely
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 返りますかえります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 返りませんかえりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 返りましたかえりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 返りませんでしたかえりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 返りましょうかえりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 返りかえり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 返りたいかえりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 返りながらかえりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 返ってかえって |
| Plain past (た形) | 返ったかえった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 返ったらかえったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 返っているかえっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 返らないかえらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 返らなかったかえらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 返らなくてかえらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 返れるかえれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 返ればかえれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 返れかえれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 返ろうかえろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 返られるかえられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 返らせるかえらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 返らされるかえらされる |
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What does 返る mean?
To return, to come back, to go back. It can also mean: to turn over; to become extremely, to become completely.
How do you pronounce 返る?
かえる (kaeru). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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