返送|へんそうhensou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbsending back; return to sender
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 返送する（へんそうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 返送します（へんそうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 返送しない（へんそうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 返送しません（へんそうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 返送せず・返送せぬ（へんそうせず・へんそうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 返送した（へんそうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 返送しました（へんそうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 返送しなかった（へんそうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 返送しませんでした（へんそうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 返送して（へんそうして） |
| Potential | 返送できる（へんそうできる） |
| Passive | 返送される（へんそうされる） |
| Causative | 返送させる（へんそうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 返送させられる（へんそうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 返送すれば（へんそうすれば） |
| tara | 返送したら（へんそうしたら） |
| Volitional | 返送しよう（へんそうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 返送しましょう（へんそうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 返送しろ（へんそうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym返却へんきゃくNeutralNeutral and everyday: returning borrowed items, especially books, as in 「図書返却」.
- Synonym返戻へんれいFormalFormal, administrative: sending things back — used of documents and money alike.
- Related返上へんじょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: giving something back or giving it up by one's own choice, as in 「汚名返上」; not limited to mailing things back.
- Related還付かんぷFormalFormal: the authorities refunding money they over-collected, especially tax, as in 「還付金」.
- Related返納へんのうFormalFormal: handing licenses, IDs and the like back to the authorities, as in 「免許返納」.
- Related返還へんかんFormalFormal: restoring things to their owner — territory, property and so on; mailing is not the point.
- Related戻しもどしNeutralNeutral: returning goods or handing things back to the original owner; also used in business, and not specifically about mailing.
- Related返付へんぷWrittenWritten but rare: returning something deposited or borrowed to its owner.
- Antonym送付そうふWrittenWritten/formal prose: sending documents or goods out to someone — the opposite direction from 「返送」.
- Antonym発送はっそうNeutralNeutral: shipping goods out; the opposite of 「返送」, which sends things back to the sender.
Use 「返送」 to mail something back to its sender, as in 「書類を返送する」. For returning borrowed things, the everyday word is 「返却」; for an official refund of overpaid tax, 「還付」. 「送付」 and 「発送」 point the other way — sending things out rather than back.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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