Word details
戻す
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 戻す.
Dictionary
Entry
1
Transitive verb
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)
Examples
その本を棚に戻しておきなさい。
Put the book back on the shelf.
2
Transitive verb
to vomit; to throw up
3
Intransitive verb; Finance
to recover (of a market price)
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
戻
re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards
7 strokesFrequency 890JLPT N2Grade 8
On
レイ
Kun
もど.すもど.る
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