返す
かえす
to return something
Kaesu (返す) is a godan verb meaning "to return something". Its polite form is 返します (kaeshimasu), its te form is 返して (kaeshite), its past form is 返した (kaeshita), and its negative form is 返さない (kaesanai).
Godan verbJLPT N5
Kaesu (返す) conjugation quick reference
返す means "to return something". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Kaesu example sentences
本を返します。
I will return the book.
お金を返しません。
I won’t return the money.
昨日、かさを返しました。
I returned the umbrella yesterday.
How to use Kaesu: grammar notes
•Use 返す with the particle を to mark the thing you're returning — for example, 本を返す (return a book).
•Use the particle に to show who you're returning something to — 先生に返す means "return (it) to the teacher."
•Don't say 返すする — 返す is already a complete verb, so just say 返す on its own.
•JLPT N5 level
Common phrases with Kaesu
本を返す（ほんをかえす）
to return a book
お金を返す（おかねをかえす）
to pay back money
借りた物を返す（かりたものをかえす）
to return a borrowed item
Kaesu (返す) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 返す | kaesu |
| Masu Form | 返します | kaeshimasu |
| Te Form | 返して | kaeshite |
| Past Form | 返した | kaeshita |
| Negative Form | 返さない | kaesanai |
| Past Negative | 返さなかった | kaesanakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 返します | kaeshimasu |
| Polite Past | 返しました | kaeshimashita |
| Polite Negative | 返しません | kaeshimasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 返しませんでした | kaeshimasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 返せる | kaeseru |
| Passive Form | 返される | kaesareru |
| Causative Form | 返させる | kaesaseru |
| Causative Passive | 返さされる | kaesasareru |
| Volitional Form | 返そう | kaesou |
| Imperative Form | 返せ | kaese |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 返せば | kaeseba |
| Conditional (たら) | 返したら | kaeshitara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 返している | kaeshiteiru |
| Desire (たい) | 返したい | kaeshitai |
| Prohibition | 返すな | kaesuna |