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言い返す (いいかえす) — to talk back · Nihongo Circle

言い返す

いいかえす

godan verbtransitive 他動詞

Meanings

1to talk back
2to answer back
3to retort
4to say over
5to repeat (what one has said)

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言Say, Word7 strokes 返Return, Answer, Fade7 strokes

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