戻る
もどる
hepburn modoru
to return, go back
Part of speech · godan-verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- すぐに戻ります。I'll be right back.
- 元の場所に戻ってください。Please return to the original spot.
Collocations
~に戻る (return to)すぐ戻る (be right back)元に戻る (back to original)戻ってくる (come back)戻す (modosu, return something, transitive)
Mnemonic
戻る modoru — a godan -ru verb, a trap that resembles 帰る but returns elsewhere. 戻る goes back to the spot just left — a desk, a page, a single square of a game, while 帰る goes back to the base — home, hometown, homeland. "Sugu modorimasu," stepping away and soon returning, is 戻る's share. Kanji-reading kin: 戻 reads Korean 'ryeo', Mandarin lì.
Quick check
Stepping out of a meeting briefly, "Be right back" uses: