King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

切り返す (kirikaesu)

Romaji: kirikaesu

Meaning

  1. to slash back
  2. to strike back; to counterattack
  3. to retort
  4. to quickly turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction; to cut the wheel
  5. to perform a twisting backward knee trip (sumo)

Kanji and stroke order

cut, cutoff, be sharp
on: セツ、サイ
kun: き.る、-き.る、き.り、-き.り
4 strokes · JLPT 3
return, answer, fade
on: ヘン
kun: かえ.す、-かえ.す、かえ.る、-かえ.る
7 strokes · JLPT 2

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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