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返す [ichi1,news1,nf20] ； 反す [news1,nf18]
【 かえす [ichi1,news1,nf18,nf20] 】
1. [v5s,vt]
《esp. 返す》
▶ to return (something)
▶ to restore
▶ to put back
Cross references:
  ⇔ see: 1221240 帰す【かえす】 1. to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
2. [v5s,vt]
▶ to turn over
▶ to turn upside down
▶ to overturn
3. [v5s,vt]
《esp. 返す》
▶ to pay back
▶ to retaliate
▶ to reciprocate
4. [v5s,vt]
▶ to respond (with)
▶ to retort
▶ to reply
▶ to say back
5. [aux-v,v5s]
《after the -masu stem of a verb》
▶ to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back)
6. [aux-v,v5s]
《after the -masu stem of a verb》
▶ to do again
▶ to do repeatedly

Conjugations


History:
6. A 2019-07-17 20:24:14  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2019-07-17 17:27:12  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
daijr/s
  Comments: 
Splitting the last sense into two (as in the kokugos).
  Diff: 
@@ -55 +55 @@
-<pos>&suf;</pos>
+<pos>&aux-v;</pos>
@@ -58,2 +58,8 @@
-<gloss>to repeat ...</gloss>
-<gloss>to do ... back</gloss>
+<gloss>to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&aux-v;</pos>
+<pos>&v5s;</pos>
+<s_inf>after the -masu stem of a verb</s_inf>
+<gloss>to do again</gloss>
+<gloss>to do repeatedly</gloss>
4. A 2019-07-16 01:34:21  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2019-07-12 14:45:03  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
eij:

返す言葉がない
have no words of reply

prog:5〔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.

daijs has this as a subsense of the "pay 
back" sense:
６ （返す）相手から受けた行為に対して、それと同じ
ことをこちらからする。相手の働きかけに、同等の働き
かけでこちらが応える。

㋐返報や返礼をする。「恩を仇 (あだ) で―・す」「お
金で―・す」

㋑返答や返歌をする。「言葉を―・す」「視線を―・す」
「歌を―・す」


持ち込み禁止にもかかわらず飲み物を持参した大学生に
注意したところ、「店内には書かれてないからＯＫでし
ょう」と屁理屈で返されたことも。
http://www.y-mainichi.co.jp/news/35545/
  Diff: 
@@ -46,0 +47,8 @@
+<pos>&v5s;</pos>
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
+<gloss>to respond (with)</gloss>
+<gloss>to retort</gloss>
+<gloss>to reply</gloss>
+<gloss>to say back</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
2. A 2015-05-14 21:13:38  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -49 +49,2 @@
-<gloss>(after the -masu stem of a verb) to repeat ...</gloss>
+<s_inf>after the -masu stem of a verb</s_inf>
+<gloss>to repeat ...</gloss>
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