返 送(へんそう)

へんそう

noun

return shipping; sending back

1. return shipping; sending back

The act of sending something back, typically packages or documents, to the sender or a specified location.

不良品(ふりょうひん)を返送(へんそう)した。

I sent back the defective product.

返送(へんそう)料(りょう)は当社(とうしゃ)負担(ふたん)です。

Our company will cover the return shipping cost.

書類(しょるい)に記入(きにゅう)して返送(へんそう)してください。

Please fill out the documents and send them back.

返送(へんそう)は着払(ちゃくばら)いでお願(ねが)いします。

Please send it back with postage due.

商品(しょうひん)に問題(もんだい)がある場合(ばあい)は、一週間(いっしゅうかん)以内(いない)に返送(へんそう)していただければ交換(こうかん)いたします。

If there is a problem with the product, we will exchange it if you send it back within one week.

返送(へんそう) specifically means sending something back to where it came from — packages, documents, or merchandise. It is a する verb: 返送(へんそう)する.

Forms

返(へん) (return) + 送(そう) (send)

Common collocations

返送(へんそう)料(りょう) / 返送(へんそう)費用(ひよう) (return shipping cost)
着払(ちゃくばら)いで返送(へんそう)する (to return with postage due)
元払(もとばら)いで返送(へんそう)する (to return prepaid)
返送(へんそう)先(さき) (return address / destination)

Related words

送付(そうふ): sending (forward direction)
返品(へんぴん): product return (returning merchandise specifically)
送(おく)り返(かえ)す: to send back (native Japanese equivalent, less formal)

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Used in formal and business contexts — customer service, official correspondence, and shipping instructions.

Related Words

Compare: 送付(そうふ) (sending)

Homophone: 変装(へんそう) (disguise, dressing up (as someone else))

Related: 返品(へんぴん) (product return)

Related: 送(おく)り返(かえ)す (to send back)

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Added 2026.1.19 13:35 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:31

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