JLPT N4 · Verb

戻る (modoru)

戻る (もどる, modoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to turn back (e.g. half-way)”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: もどる
Romaji: modoru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

to turn back (e.g. half-way) · godan verb, intransitive
to return; to go back · godan verb, intransitive
to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned · godan verb, intransitive
to rebound; to spring back · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

やってしまったことは元に戻らない。

What is done cannot be undone.

Tatoeba #193096

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

Conjugation of 戻る

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	戻る	もどる modoru
Polite (~masu)	戻ります	もどります modorimasu
Negative	戻らない	もどらない modoranai
Polite negative	戻りません	もどりません modorimasen
Past	戻った	もどった modotta
Polite past	戻りました	もどりました modorimashita
Negative past	戻らなかった	もどらなかった modoranakatta
Te-form	戻って	もどって modotte
Potential	戻れる	もどれる modoreru
Passive	戻られる	もどられる modorareru
Causative	戻らせる	もどらせる modoraseru
Volitional	戻ろう	もどろう modorou
Imperative	戻れ	もどれ modore
Conditional (~ba)	戻れば	もどれば modoreba

Kanji in 戻る

戻

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 戻る.

戻すもどすto put back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 1535880 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.