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ふりかえる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
2. to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on); to reflect (on)
Alt. forms
振ふり返かえる
91%
ふりかえる
3%
ふり返かえる
2%
振ふりかえる
2%
振ふり返かえる
Pitch accent
ふ
りか
える
Top 19700
Conjugations...Used in: 359
Composed of
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
Examples (17 in total)
Don't look back.
Carlos turned around.
Old people are inclined to look back on the past.
He looked back and smiled at me.
I sometimes look back on my childhood.
Old people look back on the past too much.
He never looked back.
Looking back, I have many good memories.
The old man stopped suddenly and looked back.
I often look back at my younger years.
Tom left without looking back.
In looking back, I feel deeply grateful to my parents.
There was something about that house that made her stop and look again.
He looked back at me before he went on board the plane.
When I look back on my life, I realize how much time I wasted.
Ten years is a short time when we look back at it.
Looking back on our college days, it seems as if they were a century ago.