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言い返す (いいかえす, iikaesu) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “talk back”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 10
彼女は 負けずに 言い 返したの。
She talked back just as much.
君はいつも 言い返す。
You always talk back to me, don't you?
彼女は 彼に 言い返した。
She retorted against him.
彼女に言い返すのは筋違いだ。
It's wrong of you to talk back to her.
彼女に 言い返すのは 筋違いだ。
It's wrong of you to talk back to her.
彼は 彼女に 言い返そうとはしなかった。
He didn't try to answer her back.
そのため、僧綱は言い返すこともできず退出した（『玉葉』30日条）。
This made the sogo leave without a word ("Gyokuyo" article of January thirty).
ベスは 言い返しましたが、お 母さんは 彼女にものすごく 太りすぎていると 注意しました。
Beth protested, but her mother reminded her that she was incredibly fat.
為朝は「主人の前から立ち去れ」と言い返すが、政清は「主人ではあったが、今は違勅の凶徒」と言うや矢を放ち、為朝の兜に当たる。
Tametomo said to him: "Begone, you who dare to stand against your own lord," but Masakiyo replied, "You were my lord once, but now you are just a thug who opposes the Emperor's will," and shot an arrow which hit Tametomo's helmet.
絵のモデルとして弟子を縛り付けているのを見た知人が驚いて、助けてやってくれと頼むと、「こいつは悪いことをしたので縛り付けている」と悪乗りをして言い返すという逸話があり、ユーモラスな人でもあったようだ。
There is an story that says that when Yoshitoshi was binding up his disciple as a model for his painting, an acquaintance of Yoshitoshi was startled at the sight and asked Yoshitoshi to forgive the disciple, and then, Yoshitoshi was humorous enough to answer the acquaintance with a joke 'I'm punishing my bad disciple by binding him up.'