振り返る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
振 返
ふ
Grade: S 		かえ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
振返る

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「振り返る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		振り返る ふりかえる
Imperative (命令形) 振り返れ ふりかえれ
Key constructions
Passive 振り返られる ふりかえられる
Causative 振り返らせる ふりかえらせる
Potential 振り返れる ふりかえれる
Volitional 振り返ろう ふりかえろー
Negative 振り返らない ふりかえらない
Negative perfective 振り返らなかった ふりかえらなかった
Formal 振り返ります ふりかえります
Perfective 振り返った ふりかえった
Conjunctive 振り返って ふりかえって
Hypothetical conditional 振り返れば ふりかえれば

Verb

振(ふ)り返(かえ)る • (furikaeru) ←ふりかへる (furikaferu)?godan (stem 振(ふ)り返(かえ)り (furikaeri), past 振(ふ)り返(かえ)った (furikaetta))

  1. (intransitive, literally) to look back; to turn to see what is behind
    Synonym: 振り向く (furimuku)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to think about an event that has passed; to reminisce; to look back
    Synonyms: 顧みる (kaerimiru), 回顧する (kaiko suru)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "振り返る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 振り返ら ふりかえら furikaera
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 振り返り ふりかえり furikaeri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 振り返る ふりかえる furikaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 振り返る ふりかえる furikaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 振り返れ ふりかえれ furikaere
Meireikei ("imperative") 振り返れ ふりかえれ furikaere
Key constructions
Passive 振り返られる ふりかえられる furikaerareru
Causative 振り返らせる
振り返らす 		ふりかえらせる
ふりかえらす 		furikaeraseru
furikaerasu
Potential 振り返れる ふりかえれる furikaereru
Volitional 振り返ろう ふりかえろう furikaerō
Negative 振り返らない ふりかえらない furikaeranai
Negative continuative 振り返らず ふりかえらず furikaerazu
Formal 振り返ります ふりかえります furikaerimasu
Perfective 振り返った ふりかえった furikaetta
Conjunctive 振り返って ふりかえって furikaette
Hypothetical conditional 振り返れば ふりかえれば furikaereba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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