戻す
もどす · modosu
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)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 戻しますもどします |
| Polite negative (ません) | 戻しませんもどしません |
| Polite past (ました) | 戻しましたもどしました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 戻しませんでしたもどしませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 戻しましょうもどしましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 戻しもどし |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 戻したいもどしたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 戻しながらもどしながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 戻してもどして |
| Plain past (た形) | 戻したもどした |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 戻したらもどしたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 戻しているもどしている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 戻さないもどさない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 戻さなかったもどさなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 戻さなくてもどさなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 戻せるもどせる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 戻せばもどせば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 戻せもどせ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 戻そうもどそう |
| Passive (受身形) | 戻されるもどされる |
| Causative (使役形) | 戻させるもどさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 戻させられるもどさせられる |
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What does 戻す mean?
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). It can also mean: to vomit, to throw up; to recover (of a market price).
How do you pronounce 戻す?
もどす (modosu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 戻す?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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