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見返る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	見み返かえる	見み返かえらない
Polite	見み返かえります	見み返かえりません
Past polite	見み返かえりました	見み返かえりませんでした
Past	見み返かえった	見み返かえらなかった
Te-form	見み返かえって	見み返かえらないで
Desire	見み返かえりたい	見み返かえりたくない
Potential	見み返かえれる	見み返かえれない
Passive	見み返かえられる	見み返かえられない
Causative	見み返かえらせる	見み返かえらせない
Causative passive	見み返かえらせられるalso 見み返かえらされる	見み返かえらせられないalso 見み返かえらされない
Volitional	見み返かえろう
Polite volitional	見み返かえりましょう
Imperative	見み返かえれ	見み返かえるな
Conditional	見み返かえれば	見み返かえらなければ
Tara conditional	見み返かえったら	見み返かえらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

look back; turn around to look

Intransitive verb meaning to turn one's head or body to look behind. Often used when walking away or hearing something behind you.

見み返かえす
見返る is the purely intransitive form meaning to look back, while 見返す (sense 4) covers the same intransitive meaning as well as transitive uses like staring someone down.

振ふり返かえるN2
見返る is a less common word for glancing back, often implying a quick check behind oneself, whereas 振り返る is the standard verb for turning around.

寝ね返がえるN1
見返る (みかえる, 'to look back/retaliate') is easily confused with 寝返る (ねがえる) because both end in 返る, but the meanings are unrelated.

見み返かえり
reward; compensation; something given in return · collateral; security · turning to look back; looking over one's shoulder
見み返かえり品ひん
collateral security
見み返かえり物ぶっ資し
collateral goods; goods given in return
見み返かえり資し金きん
collateral fund; counterpart fund

見み返かえるUsage85%
Standard kanji spelling for 'to look back'.
みかえるUsage15%
Kana spelling is acceptable, especially in informal writing or when the kanji is not needed.

Compound of 見 (mi, 'see') + 返る (kaeru, 'return'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning is transparently 'look back'.