蒸し返す

蒸返す

Reading

Kana: むしかえす

Romaji: mushikaesu

Definitions

v5s

vt

1

to reheat; to steam over

2

to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up; to rehash

Kanji

蒸

Readings: ジョウ、 セイ、 む.す、 む.れる、 む.らす

Meanings: steam, heat, sultry, foment, get musty

返

Readings: ヘン、 かえ.す、 -かえ.す、 かえ.る、 -かえ.る

Meanings: return, answer, fade, repay

Example Sentences

蒸(む)し返(かえ)すのはやめろ。

➥Stop beating a dead horse.

そのコラムニストは古(ふる)い醜聞(しゅうぶん)を蒸(むかえ)し返()した。

➥The columnist raked up some old gossip.