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戻す
modosu
Description
「戻す」は、物を元の場所や元の状態に返すときに使う言葉です。
"戻す" is a word used when returning something to its original place or state.
本を棚に戻したり、食べた物を吐き戻したりするときにも使います。
It is also used when putting a book back on the shelf or when vomiting what was eaten.
Meanings
戻すmodosu
to return something to its original place
本を元の場所に戻してください。
Please put the book back in its original place.
戻すmodosu
to put something back to its former state
時計を一時間前に戻した。
I set the clock back by one hour.
戻すmodosu
to vomit; to throw up
気持ち悪くて全部戻してしまった。
I felt sick and threw up everything.
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Notes
- Nuance
戻す is transitive (you return something); 戻る is intransitive (something returns by itself).
- Etymology
from 戻る (to return) made transitive with the -su causative-type ending.
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