戻る

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See also: 戾る

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
戻
もど
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
戾る (kyūjitai)

Cognate with 悖る (motoru, “to go against”).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "戻る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		戻る もど​る
Imperative (命令形) 戻れ もど​れ
Key constructions
Passive 戻られる もどられ​る
Causative 戻らせる もどらせ​る
Potential 戻れる もどれ​る
Volitional 戻ろう もどろ​ー
Negative 戻らない もどら​ない
Negative perfective 戻らなかった もどら​なかった
Formal 戻ります もどりま​す
Perfective 戻った もど​った
Conjunctive 戻って もど​って
Hypothetical conditional 戻れば もど​れば

Verb

戻(もど)る • (modoru) intransitive godan (stem 戻(もど)り (modori), past 戻(もど)った (modotta))

Japanese verb pair
active 戻す
mediopassive 戻る
  1. to return
    戻(もど)ってハンドバッグを取(と)ってくる ― modotte handobaggu o tottekuru ― I'll return to get my handbag.
  2. to go back
    日(に)本(ほん)に戻(もど)る ― Nihon ni modoru ― to go back to Japan
  3. to come back
    理(り)性(せい)が戻(もど)っていた ― risei ga modotteita ― His reason came back.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of "戻る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 戻ら もどら modora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 戻り もどり modori
Shūshikei ("terminal") 戻る もどる modoru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 戻る もどる modoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 戻れ もどれ modore
Meireikei ("imperative") 戻れ もどれ modore
Key constructions
Passive 戻られる もどられる modorareru
Causative 戻らせる
戻らす 		もどらせる
もどらす 		modoraseru
modorasu
Potential 戻れる もどれる modoreru
Volitional 戻ろう もどろう modorō
Negative 戻らない もどらない modoranai
Negative continuative 戻らず もどらず modorazu
Formal 戻ります もどります modorimasu
Perfective 戻った もどった modotta
Conjunctive 戻って もどって modotte
Hypothetical conditional 戻れば もどれば modoreba
Classical conjugation of "戻る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 戻ら もどら modora
Continuative (連用形) 戻り もどり modori
Terminal (終止形) 戻る もどる modoru
Attributive (連体形) 戻る もどる modoru
Realis (已然形) 戻れ もどれ modore
Imperative (命令形) 戻れ もどれ modore
Key constructions
Negative 戻らず もどらず modorazu
Contrasting conjunction 戻れど もどれど modoredo
Causal conjunction 戻れば もどれば modoreba
Conditional conjunction 戻らば もどらば modoraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 戻りき もどりき modoriki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 戻りけり もどりけり modorikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 戻りつ もどりつ modoritu
Perfect tense (natural event) 戻りぬ もどりぬ modorinu
Perfect-continuative tense 戻れり
戻りたり		 もどれり
もどりたり		 modoreri
modoritari
Volitional 戻らむ もどらむ modoramu
Derived terms
Derived terms
Idioms
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
戻
もと
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
戾る (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 戻る – see the following entry.
【悖もとる】
(intransitive) to go against
(intransitive) to be bent, be distorted, be twisted
(transitive, obsolete) to bend, distort, twist
(This term, 戻る, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
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