Skip to content
道Nihongo Path

Word 2336 of 4449

Save Sign in to track

折り返す

おりかえす

to fold back; to turn back; to double back; to reply (to a call)

By Nihongo PathUpdated

Examples

  1. 後で折り返します。

    あとでおりかえします。

    I'll call you back later.

  2. 袖が長いので、少し折り返した。

    そでがながいので、すこしおりかえした。

    The sleeves were long, so I turned them up a little.

  3. マラソンの選手たちは中間地点で折り返した。

    マラソンのせんしゅたちはちゅうかんちてんでおりかえした。

    The marathon runners turned back at the halfway point.

  4. 担当者が席を外しておりますので、戻り次第折り返しご連絡いたします。

    たんとうしゃがせきをはずしておりますので、もどりしだいおりかえしごれんらくいたします。

    The person in charge is away from his desk, so we will call you back as soon as he returns.

Common patterns

折り返し電話する
to call (someone) back
折り返し地点
the turnaround point; halfway mark
袖を折り返す
to turn up one's sleeves

Memory tip

One verb, three everyday uses: folding cloth back, turning round at a halfway point, and — the one you will hear on the phone every day — returning a call. 折り返し on its own works as an adverb meaning 'promptly, by return'.

Kanji in this word

Quick check

1 / 2Multiple choiceDifficulty 4 of 5

What does 折り返す mean?