Keyword
turn back to how it was
- re-
- return
- revert
- resume
- restore
- go backwards
- Frequency
- #890
- Strokes
- 7
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 1162
Readings
もど100%
Mnemonic
You hang a large new door, but it won't fit, so you sigh and turn back to how it was with the old small one.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
戻る
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound; to spring back
Godan verb
戻す
to put back; to return; to give back; to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling); to turn back (e.g. clock hand); to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
Godan verb
後戻り
going backward; turning back; backtracking; doubling back; regression; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
Noun
呼び戻す
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to revive
Godan verb
出戻り
leaving and then returning (to a company, etc. one has previously left); leaving from and returning to the same port (of a ship)
Noun