後戻り

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
後 戻
あと
Grade: 2 		もど
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
後戾り (kyūjitai)

Noun

後(あと)戻(もど)り • (atomodori) 

  1. turning back
    もはや後(あと)戻(もど)りはできない。
    Mohaya atomodori wa dekinai.
    There's no going back now.
  2. retrogression, deterioration

Synonyms

Verb

後(あと)戻(もど)りする • (atomodori suru) intransitive suru (stem 後(あと)戻(もど)りし (atomodori shi), past 後(あと)戻(もど)りした (atomodori shita))

  1. turn back
  2. retrogress, relapse

Conjugation

Conjugation of "後戻りする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 後戻りし あともどりし atomodori shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 後戻りし あともどりし atomodori shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 後戻りする あともどりする atomodori suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 後戻りする あともどりする atomodori suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 後戻りすれ あともどりすれ atomodori sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 後戻りせよ¹
後戻りしろ² 		あともどりせよ¹
あともどりしろ² 		atomodori seyo¹
atomodori shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 後戻りされる あともどりされる atomodori sareru
Causative 後戻りさせる
後戻りさす 		あともどりさせる
あともどりさす 		atomodori saseru
atomodori sasu
Potential 後戻りできる あともどりできる atomodori dekiru
Volitional 後戻りしよう あともどりしよう atomodori shiyō
Negative 後戻りしない あともどりしない atomodori shinai
Negative continuative 後戻りせず あともどりせず atomodori sezu
Formal 後戻りします あともどりします atomodori shimasu
Perfective 後戻りした あともどりした atomodori shita
Conjunctive 後戻りして あともどりして atomodori shite
Hypothetical conditional 後戻りすれば あともどりすれば atomodori sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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