Keyword
return something
Info
FrequencyTop 100-200
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig782
Readings
かえ
(76%)
へん
(18%)
がえ
(5%)
Composed of
be against
road
Mnemonic

You're driving on a one-way road. What's the fastest way to go back and return something you took by a mistake? Easy. Just turn around, and go against the flow! Sure, wrong-way driving is not exactly safe, but.... you really need to return that something as soon as possible, right?

Used in vocabulary (382 in total)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
reply; answer; response
to repeat; to do something over again
Examples (200 in total)
Give that book back to me.
When shall I return the book?
I have to return this book today.