noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. repayment, reimbursement, refund, redemption.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
返済 へんさい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

return, answer, fade
かえ.す ヘン (3rd, N3)
anti-
ハン タン ホン (3rd, N3)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (Late Jr. High, N1)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden), finish
す.む サイ -ずみ (6th, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
adjusted, alike, equal
セイ サイ そろ.う (Early High School, N1)
alike, (齊 variant)
sentence, literature, style
ブン モン も (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)