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引ひき返かえす

ひきかえす hikikaesu Play N2 Godan verb Intransitive

Meanings and examples

回到原处或先前的状态；折回。 to repeat; to send back; to bring back

Example 1

人生じんせいという道みちを引ひき返かえすことはできない。

There is no returning on the road of life.

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Example 2

今いまは引ひき返かえすには遅おそすぎる。

It's too late to turn back now.

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Kanji breakdown

引

N3

pull; tug; jerk; admit; install; quote; refer to

On reading
イン
Kun reading
ひ.く、ひ.ける
Radical
弓

返

N3

return; answer; fade; repay

On reading
ヘン
Kun reading
かえ.す、-かえ.す、かえ.る、-かえ.る
Radical
辵
Illustration of 引っ繰り返る

引っ繰り返る

N2

ひっくりかえる

to be overturned; to be upset; to topple over; to be reversed

Illustration of ひっくり返す

ひっくり返す

N2

ひっくりかえす

to turn over; to overturn; to knock over; to upset; to turn inside out

Illustration of 割引

割引

N2

わりびき

discount; reduction; rebate

Illustration of 差し引き

差し引き

N2

さしひき

deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall

Illustration of 引き受ける

引き受ける

N2

ひきうける

to undertake; to take up; to take over