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戻る もどる N4

  1. to turn back (e.g. half-way)
  2. to go back; to return
  3. to be returned; to recover (e.g. something lost)
  4. to rebound; to spring back

舞い戻る まいもどる

  1. to come back; to return

立ち戻る たちもどる

  1. to come back; to return

這い戻る はいもどる

  1. to crawl back to

調子が戻る ちょうしがもどる

  1. to get back into one's stride; to get back into the swing of it; to get back to normal

駆け戻る かけもどる

  1. to run back; to rush back

元に戻る もとにもどる

  1. to go back to how it was; to return to normal; to revert to the starting point

意識が戻る いしきがもどる

  1. to come to; to recover consciousness

振り出しに戻る ふりだしにもどる

  1. to be back where one started; to go back to square one; to make a fresh start

出戻る でもどる

  1. to return to where one came from
  2. to return to one's parents' home (after a divorce or separation)
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