我に返る

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
我 返
われ
Grade: 6 		かえ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Compound of 我(われ) (ware, “ego; self”) + に (ni, “to”) + 返(かえ)る (kaeru, “to return”).

Pronunciation

Verb

我(われ)に返(かえ)る • (ware ni kaeru) godan (stem 我(われ)に返(かえ)り (ware ni kaeri), past 我(われ)に返(かえ)った (ware ni kaetta))

  1. to recover from an unconscious state
    ほおをたたかれて我(われ)に返(かえ)る
    hō o tatakarete ware ni kaeru
    to be woken up by slapping on the face
  2. to calm down; to recover from an irrational state
    興奮(こうふん)がさめて我(われ)に返(かえ)る
    kōfun ga samete ware ni kaeru
    to calm down

Conjugation

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