返る (Kaeru) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to return, to come back, to go back, to turn over”.
Meanings
- godan verb, intransitive verbto return; to come back; to go backesp. 返る
- godan verb, intransitive verbto turn over
- suffix, godan verbto become extremely; to become completelyafter the -masu stem of a verb; esp. 返る
Examples
のろいはのろい主に返る。
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
汚い行為の報いは必ず自分に返ってくる。
What goes around comes around.
洗濯物はもう洗濯屋から返ってきてますか。
Has the wash come back yet?
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).