振り返る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

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 りかえる
Imperative (命令形) 振り返れ りかえれ
Key constructions
Passive 振り返られる りかえられ
Causative 振り返らせる りかえらせ
Potential 振り返れる りかえれ
Volitional 振り返ろう りかえろ
Negative 振り返らない りかえらない
Negative perfective 振り返らなかった りかえらなかった
Formal 振り返ります りかえりま
Perfective 振り返った りかえった
Conjunctive 振り返って りかえって
Hypothetical conditional 振り返れば りかえれば

Verb

()(かえ) (furikaeruふりかへる (furikaferu)?godan (stem ()(かえ) (furikaeri), past ()(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

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