JLPT N1 · Verb

取り戻す (torimodosu)

取り戻す (とりもどす, torimodosu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to take back; to get back”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
とりもどす
Romaji
torimodosu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

私たちは、失った時間を取り戻さなくてはならない。
We must make up for lost time.

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

Conjugation of 取り戻す

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary取り戻すとりもどす torimodosu
Polite (~masu)取り戻しますとりもどします torimodoshimasu
Negative取り戻さないとりもどさない torimodosanai
Polite negative取り戻しませんとりもどしません torimodoshimasen
Past取り戻したとりもどした torimodoshita
Polite past取り戻しましたとりもどしました torimodoshimashita
Negative past取り戻さなかったとりもどさなかった torimodosanakatta
Te-form取り戻してとりもどして torimodoshite
Potential取り戻せるとりもどせる torimodoseru
Passive取り戻されるとりもどされる torimodosareru
Causative取り戻させるとりもどさせる torimodosaseru
Volitional取り戻そうとりもどそう torimodosou
Imperative取り戻せとりもどせ torimodose
Conditional (~ba)取り戻せばとりもどせば torimodoseba

Kanji in 取り戻す

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 取り戻す.

Source: JMdict entry 1326940 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.