I Love Kanji引き返す (hikikaesu)
引き返す (ひきかえす, hikikaesu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to turn back; to go back”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ひきかえす
- Romaji
- hikikaesu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 引き返す
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 | 引き返す | ひきかえす hikikaesu |
| Polite (~masu) | 引き返します | ひきかえします hikikaeshimasu |
| Negative | 引き返さない | ひきかえさない hikikaesanai |
| Polite negative | 引き返しません | ひきかえしません hikikaeshimasen |
| Past | 引き返した | ひきかえした hikikaeshita |
| Polite past | 引き返しました | ひきかえしました hikikaeshimashita |
| Negative past | 引き返さなかった | ひきかえさなかった hikikaesanakatta |
| Te-form | 引き返して | ひきかえして hikikaeshite |
| Potential | 引き返せる | ひきかえせる hikikaeseru |
| Passive | 引き返される | ひきかえされる hikikaesareru |
| Causative | 引き返させる | ひきかえさせる hikikaesaseru |
| Volitional | 引き返そう | ひきかえそう hikikaesou |
| Imperative | 引き返せ | ひきかえせ hikikaese |
| Conditional (~ba) | 引き返せば | ひきかえせば hikikaeseba |
Kanji in 引き返す
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 引き返す.
字引じびきdictionary引くひくto pull引っ越すひっこすto move (house)引き出しひきだしdrawer引退いんたいretirement引用いんようquotation引越しひっこしmoving (dwelling, office, etc.)引っ張るひっぱるto pull引力いんりょくattraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation)強引ごういんoverbearing索引さくいんindex (in a book)引算ひきざんsubtraction割引わりびきdiscount長引くながびくto be prolonged
Source: JMdict entry 1169140 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.