プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
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.