Kanji: 返

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:	⻍(⻌) Radical name: しんにょう
Meaning:	Return, answer, fade, repay
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 700 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	返(かえ)す	to return something
N4	返事(へんじ)	reply
N3	繰(く)り返(かえ)す	to repeat, to do something over again
N2	裏返(うらがえ)す	to turn inside out, to turn (something) over
N2	引返(ひきかえ)す	to repeat, to send back, to bring back
N2	引(ひ)っ繰(く)り返(かえ)す	to turn over, to overturn, to knock over, to upset, to turn inside out
N2	引(ひ)っ繰(く)り返(かえ)る	to be overturned, to be upset, to topple over, to be reversed
N1	裏返(うらがえ)し	inside out, upside down
N1	折(お)り返(かえ)す	to turn up, to fold back
N1	返(かえ)る	to return, to come back, to go back
N1	宙返(ちゅうがえ)り	somersault, looping-the-loop
N1	照(て)り返(かえ)す	to reflect, to throw back light
N1	返還(へんかん)	return, restoration
N1	返済(へんさい)	repayment
N1	返答(へんとう)	reply