JLPT N3 · Verb

戻す (modosu)

戻す (もどす, modosu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to put back; to return”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: もどす
Romaji: modosu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

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) · godan verb, transitive
to vomit; to throw up · godan verb, transitive
to recover (of a market price) · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

その本を棚に戻しておきなさい。

Put the book back on the shelf.

Tatoeba #206634

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 戻す

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	戻す	もどす modosu
Polite (~masu)	戻します	もどします modoshimasu
Negative	戻さない	もどさない modosanai
Polite negative	戻しません	もどしません modoshimasen
Past	戻した	もどした modoshita
Polite past	戻しました	もどしました modoshimashita
Negative past	戻さなかった	もどさなかった modosanakatta
Te-form	戻して	もどして modoshite
Potential	戻せる	もどせる modoseru
Passive	戻される	もどされる modosareru
Causative	戻させる	もどさせる modosaseru
Volitional	戻そう	もどそう modosou
Imperative	戻せ	もどせ modose
Conditional (~ba)	戻せば	もどせば modoseba

Kanji in 戻す

戻

re-, return, revertレイ・もど.す・もど.る · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 戻す.

戻るもどるto turn back (e.g. half-way)払い戻すはらいもどすto repay取り戻すとりもどすto take back

Source: JMdict entry 1535850 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.