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取り返し (とりかえし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

取とり返かえし

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り

か

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し

Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

recovery; undoing; recall

Refers to getting something back, undoing a mistake, or recalling a past action. Often used in the phrase 取り返しがつかない (irreversible, cannot be undone).

失うしなった信しん頼らいの取とり返かえしは難むずかしい。
Recovering lost trust is difficult.
一いち度ど言いった

こと

は

取と

り

返かえ

し

が

つか

ない

。

What has been said cannot be undone.

Written forms

取とり返かえしUsage97%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
取とり返かえしUsage3%
Less common variant without okurigana; still encountered but less frequent.

Kanji

取take, fetch, take up
返return, answer, fade

Similar words

取とり戻もどす
取り返し is the noun form, while 取り戻す is the verb meaning 'to take back' or 'to recover'. 取り返し often implies undoing or recalling, whereas 取り戻す focuses on physically regaining something.

Etymology

Compound of 取り (continuative form of 取る, 'to take') and 返し (continuative form of 返す, 'to return'). The literal meaning is 'taking back' or 'returning'.