戻す【もどす】
Frequency rank: 1,231.
- 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)
- to vomit; to throw up
- to recover (of a market price)
Godan verb with 'su' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- 戻す【もどす】Frequency rank: 1,231.
- もどすFrequency rank: 36,519. – 36,867.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- 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)
- to vomit; to throw up
- to recover (of a market price)
This usage refers to putting something back to its original place, returning something to someone, restoring something to a previous state, or turning something back to an earlier position.
This usage refers to the action of vomiting or throwing up.
She ate too much and ended up vomiting.
I feel sick and nauseous.
This usage refers to the recovery of a market price, meaning that the price has gone back up.
The stock price is rapidly recovering.
Generated collocations (experimental)
もとにもどす元に戻すto restore to the original stateもどす戻すどうさ動作the act of putting backへんきゃく返却するto return somethingじかん時間をもどす戻すto turn back timeもどす戻すことができるcan be returnedこうもく項目をもどす戻すto return an itemたいちょう体調をもどす戻すto recover one's healthもどした戻したきろく記録the record that was returnedもどす戻すひつようが必要があるthere is a need to returnざいりょう材料をもどす戻すto put back the ingredientsきぶん気分がもどる戻るto feel better againぼうるボールをもどす戻すto throw the ball back
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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It looks like we've been able to fill in that one year gap and renew our old friendship.
It seems they don't have the slightest intention of restoring it.
When the scum stops appearing pour the syrup back into a clean bottle and keep it in the fridge.
That's not what I heard. I heard he's patching everything up with his wife.
To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in the hospital, Tom drank a little more than was good for him.
When she went to Oshima by sea, she got seasick and brought up all she had eaten.
When he came to, he was lying alone on the hill.
He put forward a plan for improving the rate of production.
She fainted in the store and found herself in the first aid room when she came to.