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お返し is an exact match with one form of the following word:
お返し
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Reading : おかえし   
1. return gift; return favour (favor)
2. revenge
3. change (in a cash transaction)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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お返し is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 412,000,000 results)
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 18 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
わたし
かのじょ
彼女
しんせつ
親切
かえ
プレゼント
おく
った

I gave her a present in return for her kindness.
ひつよう
必要
なら
しゃっきん
借金
いま
かえ
ししましょ

If it's necessary to do so, I'll pay back my loan now.
かえ
あんない
案内
してあげましょ

I will show you around in return.
おかえし
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 174,000 (about 425,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 18 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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御返し
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Reading : おかえし   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 129,000 (about 823,000 results)
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ヘン   かえ to return, to come back   かえ to return (something)   
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ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そ to be warped, curved   
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また again   
cliff
move
ゴ   ギョ   honorific prefix   おん-    
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step
おろ to sell wholesale   おろし wholesaling   
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ゴ    noon   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
カン   dry; drying frame   ひ to get dry   ほ to dry (something), to air   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
seal
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