NichiDict

戻す

N3
もどす
[modosu]
Illustration for 戻す

Meanings

1.GodanTransitive

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)

2.GodanTransitive

to vomit; to throw up

3.GodanIntransitive

financeto recover (of a market price)

Examples

古い時計の針を正確な時刻に戻した

I set the old clock hands back.

食べたものを戻してしまった。

I threw up what I ate.

時計の針を一時間前に戻すことにした。

I decided to set the clock back one hour.