照てり返かえす

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照り返す · godan verb (-su)

Meanings

godan verb (-su), intransitive verb

reflect light; throw back light

Describes surfaces such as water, glass, or snow reflecting sunlight or other light strongly, often with a sense of glare or heat.

〈物もの〉が光ひかりを照てり返かえすfor a surface to reflect light back
雪ゆきが太たい陽ようの光ひかりを強つよく照てり返かえしていた。
The snow was strongly reflecting the sunlight.
〈物もの〉が熱ねつを照てり返かえすfor a surface to radiate absorbed heat back
アスファルトが日にっ中ちゅうの熱ねつを照てり返かえし、夜よるも暑あつい。
The asphalt radiates back the daytime heat, keeping the night hot too.

反はん射しゃN1
反射する is the general, neutral term for reflecting light, sound, or waves, while 照り返す specifically evokes a strong, glaring reflection of light or heat off a surface.

吸きゅう収しゅうN3
照り返す describes a surface bouncing light or heat back outward, while 吸収する describes it taking that light or heat in instead.

照てるN2
照る means the sun or a light source itself shines, whereas 照り返す means a separate surface bounces that light back, so the direction of the shining is reversed.

照てり返かえすUsage92%
Standard kanji spelling.
てりかえすUsage8%
Kana spelling is acceptable, especially in informal writing or when the kanji is not needed.

Compound of 照る (teru, 'to shine') and 返す (kaesu, 'to return'), literally 'to shine back'.