返還

へんかん · henkan · JLPT N1 · noun

tax return

📦 返 (return) + 還 (give back): two characters that both mean return, stacked

Both characters carry the idea of coming back or giving back, so the compound doubles down on it. Goods sent back are a henkan, and restoring a right or a lost state is also a henkan.

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