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► 動詞
返る  [(1)かえる]    meaning:  return  rank: 1
☆ われた年月は二と返らない ⇨ The lost years will never come back
☆ 正気返った ⇨ He has returned to sanity

返る  [(1)かえる]  [返って来る]    meaning:  return  rank: 1
☆ 手紙送ったが返事返ってこない ⇨ I sent him a letter but no response is coming back

返る  [(1)かえる]    meaning:  become  rank: 3
☆ 観客まり返った ⇨ The audience went completely silent  (☛ After 連用形 of another verb)


More examples:
  • 天地がひっくり返るような事件 ⇨ A big incident that turns the heaven and Earth upside down
  • 私達運動理念原点に立ち返ることとした ⇨ We’ve decided to go back to the original point of our movement’s philosophy
  • 迷っ基本に立ち返ることが必要だ ⇨ It is necessary to go back to the basics when you lost your way