裏うらを返かえす

expression, godan verb (-su)

turn inside out; turn over; flip

Physical action of turning something so the other side faces up or out, such as clothing, paper, or objects.

See also: 裏返す

• シャツを裏うらを返かえして干ほす。

  I turn the shirt inside out and hang it to dry.

• カードを裏うらを返かえすと、違ちがう絵えが描かいてあった。

  When I turned the card over, a different picture was drawn on it.

expression, godan verb (-su)

look at from another angle; put it the other way

Figurative use, often in the form 裏を返せば, meaning 'looking at it from the opposite perspective' or 'in other words'.

• 裏うらを返かえせば、それは彼かれが責せき任にんを感かんじている証しょう拠こだ。

  Put another way, that is proof he feels responsible.

expression, godan verb (-su)

visit the same prostitute or geisha again

Archaic and highly specific to the pleasure quarters; not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの遊ゆう郭かくでは、同おなじ遊ゆう女じょを裏うらを返かえす客きゃくも多おおかった。

  In the Edo-period pleasure quarters, many customers would visit the same courtesan a second time.