がえし – Vocabulary details

がえし

Noun

1. reversal; return

この返かえしは予よ想そう外がいだったのかもしれない。This return may have been unexpected.

2. return gift; return favour

お祝いわいの返かえしに何なにを贈おくればいいか迷まよう。I can't decide what to give in return for the congratulatory gift.

3. barb (on a fishing hook)

返かえしのある針はりは魚さかなが外はずれにくい。With a barbed hook, the fish is less likely to come off.

4. mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

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parroting back; repeating (another's words) like a parrot

paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)

revenge; retaliation

これ、そのがえしだから。

This is in return for that.

この釣つり針ばりにはがえしがない。

This fishhook has no barb.

予よ想そう外がいのがえしに、思おもわず言こと葉ばを失うしなう。

I was so taken aback by the unexpected comeback that I was momentarily speechless.

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