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見返りみかえりCommon wordNounsreward; compensation; something given in return · collateral; security · turning to look back; looking over one's shoulder
返り討ちかえりうちNounskilling a would-be avenger · having the tables turned; being beaten at one's own game
寝返りねがえりCommon wordN1Nounsturning over in bed; rolling over; tossing and turning · betrayal; double-crossing; defection
若返りわかがえりCommon wordNounsrejuvenation; restoration of youth
宙返りちゅうがえりCommon wordN1Nounssomersault; looping-the-loop
返り咲きかえりざきCommon wordNounscomeback; reinstatement · second blooming; reflowering
返り咲くかえりざくVerbscome back; bloom again; make a comeback
先祖返りせんぞがえりNounsatavism; reversion to ancestral traits
跳ね返りはねかえりNounsrebounding; bouncing back · recovery; bounce-back · repercussions; backlash · tomboy; rash person
こむら返りこむらがえりNounsleg cramp; charley horse
反り返りそりかえりNounswarp; bend; retroflection
三返りみかえりNounstraditional soba-stirring method
小返りこがえりNounsinclined plane
往き返りゆきかえりNounsround trip; going and returning
赤ちゃん返りあかちゃんがえりNounsinfantile regression
とんぼ返りとんぼがえりNounssomersault; flip · quick round trip; there and back without staying · abrupt turnaround; sudden reversal
はねっかえりNounstomboy · rebounding; recovery; repercussions · rashness; incautiousness
返り三役かえりさんやくNounsreturn to san'yaku rank
返り値かえりちNounsreturn value
返り大関かえりおおぜきNounsreturning ozeki; former ozeki regaining rank
返り忠かえりちゅうNounsbetraying one's lord and going over to the enemy
返り梅雨かえりづゆNounsreturn of the rainy season; rainy season returning after a clear spell
返り点かえりてんNounskaeriten; return marks
返り血かえりちNounsspurt of blood (from one's victim)
返り言かえりごとNounsmessage brought back home by a messenger · reply; ode in reply · return gift