Meaning

Primary

Return

Alternative

Restoration

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

If we return and send back things, we will have done a return or restoration.

Reading

へんかん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.

Context

Context Sentences

沖縄がアメリカから日本に返還されたのは1972年のことです。

Okinawa was returned to Japan from the USA in 1972.

優勝旗が毎年返還されなくちゃいけないなんて、知らなかったよ。

I didn’t know that the championship flag had to be returned every year.

今、北方領土問題の二島返還論について調べていたところです。

I was just researching opinions on the return of the two islands involved in the Northern Territories dispute.

Kanji Composition