戻る
もどる · modoru
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
Other ways to say “to turn back” in Japanese →
falls after mora 2 · what is pitch accent?
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電気が戻るまで待とう。
でんきがもどるまでまとう。
Let's wait until the electricity comes back.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 戻りますもどります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 戻りませんもどりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 戻りましたもどりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 戻りませんでしたもどりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 戻りましょうもどりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 戻りもどり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 戻りたいもどりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 戻りながらもどりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 戻ってもどって |
| Plain past (た形) | 戻ったもどった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 戻ったらもどったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 戻っているもどっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 戻らないもどらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 戻らなかったもどらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 戻らなくてもどらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 戻れるもどれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 戻ればもどれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 戻れもどれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 戻ろうもどろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 戻られるもどられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 戻らせるもどらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 戻らされるもどらされる |
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What does 戻る mean?
To turn back (e.g. half-way). It can also mean: to return, to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost), to be returned; to rebound, to spring back.
How do you pronounce 戻る?
もどる (modoru). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 戻る?
JLPT N4 — upper beginner. See the JLPT N4 guide.
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