I Love Kanji反る (kaeru)
反る (かえる, kaeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to return; to come back”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かえる
- Romaji
- kaeru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to return; to come back; to go back · godan verb, intransitive · esp. 返る
- to turn over · godan verb, intransitive
- to become extremely; to become completely · suffix, godan verb · after the -masu stem of a verb; esp. 返る
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 反る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 反る | かえる kaeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 反ります | かえります kaerimasu |
| Negative | 反らない | かえらない kaeranai |
| Polite negative | 反りません | かえりません kaerimasen |
| Past | 反った | かえった kaetta |
| Polite past | 反りました | かえりました kaerimashita |
| Negative past | 反らなかった | かえらなかった kaeranakatta |
| Te-form | 反って | かえって kaette |
| Potential | 反れる | かえれる kaereru |
| Passive | 反られる | かえられる kaerareru |
| Causative | 反らせる | かえらせる kaeraseru |
| Volitional | 反ろう | かえろう kaerou |
| Imperative | 反れ | かえれ kaere |
| Conditional (~ba) | 反れば | かえれば kaereba |
Kanji in 反る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 反る.
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Source: JMdict entry 1512150 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.