言い返す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
かえ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
言返す

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「言い返す
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
言い返す いかえす
Imperative (命令形) 言い返せ いかえせ
Key constructions
Passive 言い返される いかえされ
Causative 言い返させる いかえさせ
Potential 言い返せる いかえせ
Volitional 言い返そう いかえそ
Negative 言い返さない いかえさない
Negative perfective 言い返さなかった いかえさなかった
Formal 言い返します いかえしま
Perfective 言い返した いかえした
Conjunctive 言い返して いかえして
Hypothetical conditional 言い返せば いかえせば

Verb

()(かえ) (iikaesuいひかへす (ifikafesu)?godan (stem ()(かえ) (iikaeshi), past ()(かえ)した (iikaeshita))

  1. to answer back; to respond
  2. to repeat (words); to say (something) once again
  3. to refute; to disprove

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN