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A6 う-verb (す), Transitive verb

言(い)い返(かえ)すto talk back, to answer back, to retort, to reply, to respond, to say over, to repeat (what one has said)

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    1. う-verb (す), Transitive verb

      1. 1.

        to talk back, to answer back, to retort, to reply, to respond

      2. 2.

        to say over, to repeat (what one has said)

    All Forms

    言い返す 【いいかえす】、言返す 【いいかえす】

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    • 彼(かれ)の意見(いけん)に言(い)い返(かえ)す。

      Talk back to his opinion.

    • 言(い)い返(かえ)すことは、悪(わる)いことではない。

      Talking back is not a bad thing.

    • 親(おや)に注意(ちゅうい)されて、つい言(い)い返(かえ)してしまった。

      I was scolded by my parents and ended up talking back.

    • 母親(ははおや)：「いつも先生(せんせい)に言(い)い返(かえ)すから、成績(せいせき)が上(あ)がらないのよ。」娘(むすめ)：「だって、黙(だま)っていられないんだもん！」

      Mother: "You always talk back to the teacher, that's why your grades aren't improving." Daughter: "But I just can't keep quiet!"

    • るい：「そんなに愚痴(ぐち)を言(い)っているなら、その時(とき)に言(い)い返(かえ)したらよかったのに。」ゆうこ：「彼(かれ)に反論(はんろん)すると、倍返(ばいがえ)しされるんだよね。」

      Rui: "If you're complaining that much, you should have talked back at the time." Yuko: "If I argue with him, he retaliates twice as hard."

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