Vocab Info

N4 う-verb (る), Intransitive verb

戻(もど)るto turn back (e.g. half-way), to return, to go back, to recover (e.g. something lost), to be returned, to rebound, to spring back

    Dictionary Definition

    1. う-verb (る), Intransitive verb

      1. 1.

        to turn back (e.g. half-way)

      2. 2.

        to return, to go back

      3. 3.

        to recover (e.g. something lost), to be returned

      4. 4.

        to rebound, to spring back

    All Forms

    戻る 【もどる】

    Details

      • も

      • ど

      • る

    • Frequency

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    Examples

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    • 忘(わす)れ物(もの)に気(き)づいて家(いえ)に戻(もど)る。

      To return home after realizing you forgot something.

      • N4
    • 今(いま)立(た)っている人(ひと)は全員(ぜんいん)自分(じぶん)の席(せき)に戻(もど)りなさい!

      All those standing now, return to your seats!

      • N4
    • 来(き)た道(みち)をそのまま戻(もど)れば絶対(ぜったい)に道(みち)に迷(まよ)わないはずだ。

      If you go back the way you came, you surely won't get lost.

      • N4
    • あんな激(はげ)しい喧嘩(けんか)をしていた二人(ふたり)だが、よりが戻(もど)ったと聞(き)きました。

      They had such a fierce fight, but I heard that they are back together again.

      • N3
    • もしもここでサイコロの一(いち)の目(め)を出(だ)したらまた振(ふ)り出(だ)しに戻(もど)らなくてはなりません。

      If you roll a one on the dice here, you have to go back to the starting point.

      • N3
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