蒸むし返かえす

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

reheat by steaming; steam over again

Literal sense: to steam food again to warm it up, or to reheat something by steaming. Common in cooking contexts.

2

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

bring up again; rehash; drag up

Figurative sense: to bring up an old issue, argument, or settled matter again, often with a negative connotation of needlessly rehashing the past.

蒸むし返かえすUsage87%
Standard kanji spelling; used for both literal reheating and figurative rehashing.
むしかえすUsage13%
蒸むし返かえす
Less common variant without okurigana し; learners should prefer 蒸し返す.

温あたため直なおす
General term for reheating food, not limited to steaming. 蒸し返す specifically implies steaming again or, figuratively, rehashing an issue.
ぶり返かえす
Means 'to return' or 'to recur', often used for illnesses or weather. Unlike 蒸し返す, it is intransitive and does not imply a deliberate action of bringing something up.

Compound of 蒸し (steaming) + 返す (return, repeat). Literally 'to steam again', extended metaphorically to 'rehash' or 'bring up again'.