戻る

もどる

To return, to come back

N4verb·modoru

How to remember it

Picture a motor running in reverse, going back where it came from.

Example sentences

  • 忘れ物を取りに家へ戻った。

    わすれものをとりにいえへもどった。

    I returned home to get something I'd forgotten.

  • 熱が下がって元気に戻りました。

    ねつがさがってげんきにもどりました。

    My fever went down and I'm back to normal.

Usage

Intransitive; to return a thing, use the transitive 戻す.

Related words

帰る戻す返す出る

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