Illustration: At a Japanese bowling alley's shoe counter, a visitor hands a pair of bowling shoes back to the attendant with both hands. The visitor is already wearing outdoor sneakers again, and the attendant reaches to receive the shoes before placing them among identical rental pairs in open cubbies.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

返へん却きゃく

henkyaku

to return a borrowed item

Used for returning borrowed or rented items. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 本ほんはもう返却へんきゃくしました。

    I’ve already returned the books.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 本ほんは図書館としょかんに返却へんきゃくした？

    Did you take the book back to the library?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 本ほんは明日あしたまでに返却へんきゃくしてください。

    Please return the book by tomorrow.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 返却

  • 返returnOnヘンKunかえす・かえる
  • 却instead; on the contraryOnキャクKunかえって・しりぞく・しりぞける

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences
Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store
For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store