返す

かえす · kaesu · JLPT N5 · verb-godan

to return something

📦 返 = movement radical 辶 + 反 (reverse): send it back the way it came

Kaesu is the transitive partner of kaeru (帰る/返る, to go back): the -su ending means you make something go back. So kaeru = return yourself, kaesu = return an object to its owner.

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