Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to answer, to fire back, to retort, to reply in kind.
  2. to redo, to do over, to try again.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
遣り返す やりかえす
 
 
 
やり返す やりかえす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

dispatch, despatch, send
つか.う ケン や.る (7th, N1)
in, inside, middle
なか チュウ うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
terraced hill
return, answer, fade
かえ.す ヘン (3rd, N3)
anti-
ハン タン そり (3rd, N3)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)