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プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

かえす【返す】

❶〔返却する〕return

借りた本を図書館に返す
return a book to the library

脱会するなら会員証を返さなければいけない
You have to turn in your membership card if you leave the club.

借金は来月返します
I will pay back the money next month.

済んだら辞書をもとの棚に返してください
Put the dictionary back in its original place on the shelf when you have [are] finished with it.

拾った財布を持ち主に返した
He returned the wallet he had found to its owner.

❷〔裏返す〕turn over

片面が焼けたら魚を返しなさい
Turn the fish over when it is done on one side.

畑の土を返す
turn over the soil in a field

❸〔遠ざかる〕

寄せては返す波
the waves coming in and 「going out [receding]

❹〔報いる〕return, repay

いつかご恩はきっとお返しします
Some day I will repay your kindness.

恩をあだで返した
He returned 「evil for good [good with evil].

たくさんいただきましたが何もお返しするものがありません
I've received so much, but I have nothing to give you in return.

❺〔挨拶・言葉を〕

挨拶を返す
return a greeting

返す言葉もなかった
I was at a loss how to answer.

お言葉を返すようですが，それではうまくいきませんよ
I hate to disagree with you, but that won't work.

出典　小学館「プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)」