godan verb (v5s, vt) · N5
返すkaesu
to return an object
- to returnsomething
- to restore
- to put back
Remember it
Connect the sound to "case". Picture a labeled case being returned in a scene for "to return an object" so the sound points straight back to the meaning.
Forms
Non-past affirmative | Past affirmative | Non-past negative | Past negative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Informal plain form | 返す | 返した | 返さない | 返さなかった |
Formal -masu base | 返します | 返しました | 返しません | 返しませんでした |
te-form
返して
connector — “… and then”
Godan verb — the final kana shifts depending on the form.
Learning status
learning
Recognition2 / 5
Recall2 / 5
Reading2 / 5