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振り返る
ふりかえる
Common word
N2
Verbs
turn around; look back; look over one's shoulder · look back on; reflect on; reminisce about
見返り
みかえり
Common word
Nouns
reward; compensation; something given in return · collateral; security · turning to look back; looking over one's shoulder
ひっくり返る
ひっくりかえる
Common word
N3
Verbs
be overturned; be reversed; turn over; capsize · fall down; tumble down; topple over; lie on one's back
若返る
わかがえる
N1
Verbs
be rejuvenated; feel young again
返り討ち
かえりうち
Nouns
killing a would-be avenger · having the tables turned; being beaten at one's own game
寝返り
ねがえり
Common word
N1
Nouns
turning over in bed; rolling over; tossing and turning · betrayal; double-crossing; defection
若返り
わかがえり
Common word
Nouns
rejuvenation; restoration of youth
返り
かえり
Nouns
turning over; flipping over · reply; response · kaeriten; marks indicating reading order in classical Chinese texts · lapel
生き返る
いきかえる
Common word
N1
Verbs
revive; come back to life; be restored to life
宙返り
ちゅうがえり
Common word
N1
Nouns
somersault; looping-the-loop
裏返る
うらがえる
Verbs
be turned inside out; be reversed · betray; double-cross; turn one's coat · crack into falsetto; squeak; croak
返り咲き
かえりざき
Common word
Nouns
comeback; reinstatement · second blooming; reflowering
寝返る
ねがえる
Common word
N1
Verbs
roll over in bed; turn over · change sides; betray; double-cross
返り咲く
かえりざく
Verbs
come back; bloom again; make a comeback
先祖返り
せんぞがえり
Nouns
atavism; reversion to ancestral traits
跳ね返る
はねかえる
Verbs
rebound; bounce back; recoil · splash; spatter · have repercussions; boomerang; backfire
跳ね返り
はねかえり
Nouns
rebounding; bouncing back · recovery; bounce-back · repercussions; backlash · tomboy; rash person
立ち返る
たちかえる
Verbs
return; come back; go back to the starting point
反り返る
そりかえる
Verbs
warp; bend backwards; throw one's head/shoulders back
こむら返り
こむらがえり
Nouns
leg cramp; charley horse
煮えくり返る
にえくりかえる
Verbs
boil violently; seethe; churn
反り返り
そりかえり
Nouns
warp; bend; retroflection
三返り
みかえり
Nouns
traditional soba-stirring method
冴え返る
さえかえる
Verbs
become very clear; sharpen · become keenly cold; cold and clear
割れ返る
われかえる
Verbs
break completely; shatter; bring the house down
反りくり返る
そりくりかえる
Verbs
throw one's chest out; hold one's head high; swagger
呆れ返る
あきれかえる
Verbs
be utterly amazed; be stunned; be disgusted
小返り
こがえり
Nouns
inclined plane
往き返り
ゆきかえり
Nouns
round trip; going and returning
折れ返る
おれかえる
Verbs
tell again and again; repeat; refrain; turn up; turn down
沸き返る
わきかえる
Verbs
boil up; seethe · get excited; be in an uproar
煮え返る
にえかえる
Verbs
seethe; boil up; boil over
納まり返る
おさまりかえる
Verbs
be perfectly content with one's position; be smugly satisfied
見返る
みかえる
Verbs
look back; turn around to look
赤ちゃん返り
あかちゃんがえり
Nouns
infantile regression
起き返る
おきかえる
Verbs
rise; get up; stand up; sit up
そっくり返る
そっくりかえる
Verbs
throw one's chest out; hold one's head high
でんぐり返る
でんぐりがえる
Verbs
turn a somersault; turn head over heels; turn topsy-turvy
ふんぞり返る
ふんぞりかえる
Verbs
lean back arrogantly; throw oneself back; puff out one's chest · act haughty; behave arrogantly
しょげ返る
しょげかえる
Verbs
be utterly dispirited; be completely dejected; lose heart entirely
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