切きり返かえす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

slash back; cut back in retaliation

Physical counter-slash, often in swordplay or combat contexts.

• 相あい手ての攻こう撃げきをかわして、すかさず切きり返かえした。

  He dodged the opponent's attack and immediately slashed back.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

counterattack; strike back; retort

Broad counteraction: physical counterattack, verbal retort, or turning the tables in an argument or competition.

• 批ひ判はんに対たいして、彼かれは冷れい静せいに切きり返かえした。

  He calmly retorted to the criticism.

• 試し合あい終しゅう盤ばんで見み事ごとに切きり返かえして逆ぎゃく転てん勝しょう利りした。

  They brilliantly counterattacked at the end of the match and won a come-from-behind victory.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

cut the wheel; quickly turn the steering wheel the other way

Driving technique: sharply turning the steering wheel in the opposite direction, e.g., to correct a skid or make a tight turn.

• スリップしたら、慌あわてずにハンドルを切きり返かえしてください。

  If you skid, calmly cut the wheel in the opposite direction.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

perform a twisting backward knee trip (sumo)

Sumo technique: a counter move where the wrestler twists and trips the opponent backward using the knee.

See also: 切り返し

• 横よこ綱づなは土ど俵ひょう際ぎわで鮮あざやかな切きり返かえしを決きめた。

  The yokozuna executed a brilliant twisting backward knee trip at the edge of the ring.