返

Vocabulary (12)

• 小手返し

  こてがえし

  Aikido technique, wherein the opponent is brought down by twisting his or her arm away from the body

• 中国大返し

  ちゅうごくおおがえし

  Chūgoku Retaliation (military maneuver by Hideyoshi Hashiba in 1582)

• 空返事

  からへんじ

  absentminded response

• 返り忠

  かえりちゅう

  act of betrayal

• 銀杏返

  いちょうがえし

  ancient Japanese ladies' hairstyle

• 代返

  だいへん

  answer a roll call for another

• 返す刀

  かえすかたな

  attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another

• 返し縫い

  かえしぬい

  backstitch

• 帯取り返し

  おびとりがえし

  belt grab reversal (judo)

• 見返り物資

  みかえりぶっし

  collateral (goods)

• 見返り品

  みかえりひん

  collateral security

• こむら返り

  こむらがえり

  cramp in the leg