I Love Kanji振り返る (furikaeru)
振り返る (ふりかえる, furikaeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ふりかえる
- Romaji
- furikaeru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back · godan verb, intransitive, transitive
- to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on); to reflect (on) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
今までの人生を振り返って考えてみた後、私は目標を変える必要があると判断した。
After reflecting on my life up to now, I decided that I needed to change my goals.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 振り返る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 振り返る | ふりかえる furikaeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 振り返ります | ふりかえります furikaerimasu |
| Negative | 振り返らない | ふりかえらない furikaeranai |
| Polite negative | 振り返りません | ふりかえりません furikaerimasen |
| Past | 振り返った | ふりかえった furikaetta |
| Polite past | 振り返りました | ふりかえりました furikaerimashita |
| Negative past | 振り返らなかった | ふりかえらなかった furikaeranakatta |
| Te-form | 振り返って | ふりかえって furikaette |
| Potential | 振り返れる | ふりかえれる furikaereru |
| Passive | 振り返られる | ふりかえられる furikaerareru |
| Causative | 振り返らせる | ふりかえらせる furikaeraseru |
| Volitional | 振り返ろう | ふりかえろう furikaerou |
| Imperative | 振り返れ | ふりかえれ furikaere |
| Conditional (~ba) | 振り返れば | ふりかえれば furikaereba |
Kanji in 振り返る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 振り返る.
振るふるto wave振興しんこうpromotion振りふりswing振りぶりway振舞うふるまうto behave振り仮名ふりがなfurigana振り向くふりむくto turn one's face振動しんどうoscillation不振ふしんdullness身振りみぶりgesture振り出しふりだしshaking (something) out返すかえすto return (something)返事へんじreply繰り返すくりかえすto repeat
Source: JMdict entry 1361290 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.