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    3. 戻る

    戻る

    戻もどる​

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

    N4KMT10News #44+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab8 strokes

    もどる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to turn back (e.g. half-way)
    2.
    to return, to go back
    3.
    to recover (e.g. something lost), to be returned
    4.
    to rebound, to spring back

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    家いえに忘わすれ物ものを取とりに戻にもどる。

    I'll go back home to get something I forgot.

    KMT4Daily LifeHome & Housing
    彼かれは故こ郷きょうにいつか戻もどりたいと思おもっている。

    He hopes to return to his hometown someday.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    一いち度ど失うしなわれた信しん頼らいは、簡かん単たんには戻もどらない。

    Trust, once lost, does not easily return.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    仕し事ごとが終おわったら、すぐに家いえに帰かえって戻もどるつもりだ。

    After work, I plan to go straight home and return.

    KMT10Daily LifeWork & CareerHome & Housing
    彼かれは病びょう気きから完かんぜんかいふく全しもとのせいかつに回も復どし、元 の生 活 に戻 ることができた。

    He fully recovered from his illness and was able to return to his normal life.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    戻
    もど.す・もど.る…(1)
    re-・return・revert・resume・restore…(1)
    Kanji
    る
    ru
    Kana
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