ふりかえる – Vocabulary details

ふりかえる

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)

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りか

える

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

後うしろをふりかえるな。

Don't look back.

カルロスはふりかえった。

Carlos turned around.

老ろう人じんは過か去こをふりかえりがちである。

Old people are inclined to look back on the past.

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