もど
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to turn back (e.g. half-way)
2. to return; to go back
3. to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned
4. to rebound; to spring back
Kanji used
turn back to how it was
Pitch accent
Top 200
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to recover consciousness; to come to
Examples (127 in total)
I have to go back to work.
We're going back to our hotel.
Go back to the lab.
I'll be back at six.
The ambassador has returned.
She is already back.
You should go back right now.
I must get back to work.
I'll be back tomorrow night.
Let's go back the way we came.
It's about time we went back.
I promise I'll be back soon.
I'll come back. I promise.
It's time to get back to reality.
When do you plan to get back?
You should get back in your car.
I'll be back tomorrow evening.
He returned to America.
She returned from a trip.
My bicycle was gone when I returned.
We'll be back at 2:30.
When are you going back to Italy?
He will get back soon.
He'll return at six.
When are you going to return from Milan?
I just got back from Australia.
Why are you going back to Boston?
He will be back in a day or two.
Wait here. I'll be back soon.
Stop doing that, and get back to work.
I wanted to return to your village.
I don't know when my father will come back.
Just go back to where you came from.
I don't know when my mother will come back.
He is still not back from the mountains.
When do you go back to Japan?
When I came back, my car was gone.
I want to someday go back to being human.
Go back home and call the police!
I just got back from work.
I'll be right back, so just wait for me until then!
He never turned back again.
We went out and never returned.
He should be back any minute.
Break's over! Back to work!
Ice turns back into water when it melts.
Are you going back to the office?
She went back to England in the end.
She will return within an hour.
When did he come back from Osaka?
Everything's returning to normal.
He soon recovered his composure.
Please return to your seat.
I'll have her call you when she gets back.
He wants to go back to the wild.
When will you be back?
Mary has just come home.
We returned to Osaka on April 2nd.
We returned to camp before dark.
Get back to work, you lazy bum!
The good old days are gone never to return.
Dave never returned to school again.
Let's wait here until she comes back.
Please wait until I come back.
I think we should get back to work.
As soon as he returns, I will tell you.
Hold on a second, I'll be right back. Don't hang up!
There is no returning to our younger days.
I am not sure when he will be back.
I forgot the key and went back for it.
I don't know exactly when I'll be back.
I have to go shopping. I'll be back in an hour.
Having realized his hope, he returned home.
The committee returned to their seats.
We waited for our daughter to come to her senses.
I had a snack before I went back to work.
Has John returned to America for good?
He will return within 3 hours.
He will get back from school by five.
It was because he was ill that we decided to return.
He returned to Japan after graduating from college.
I'll come back for my suitcase this afternoon.
Tom is still not back. Just where is he?
Because they had no time to spare, they hurried back to town.
He will come back to Japan in the middle of May.
Tom threw the boomerang, but it didn't come back.
We returned to Honolulu on April 2.
I sat back in the armchair and opened the book.
If you come back here, I'll kill you.
He should have been back by this time.
I asked him if he would return soon.
There is no hope of his coming back safe.
If I don't come back, the venture will probably be unsuccessful.
Jim went back to London for the purpose of seeing her.
I left Shanghai last year and have not yet been back.
He'll be back by Monday morning at the latest.
When I returned to the parking lot, my car's windshield had a crack in it.
I want you to stay here until I get back.
You are to stay here till they return.
I didn't even know about that ship until I got back.
Now let's return to the main problem of education.
Once you leave here, you can't come back again.
It all began a year ago when he returned home.
If you were to remake your life, to what age would you like to go back?
If I were you, I'd go home and take a nap.
The spaceship was never to return to Earth.
I told my boss over the phone that I would be going straight home without returning to the company.
After her maternity leave, she resumed her old job.
Great was her joy when her son returned back safely.
The stock market crash forced many retirees back into the job market.
I think it's unlikely that Tom will get back in time for supper.
Please return to your seats and fasten your seatbelts.
I'll be back in 30 minutes.
Let's return to Lesson 3.
My father will be back in two or three days.
I'll be back in ten minutes.
I promise I'll be back by 7 o'clock
You should be back by 9 o'clock.
I'll be back in twenty minutes or so.
Ah, I want to go back to being zero years old.
I returned to my hometown after five years' absence.
The good old days have gone, never to return.
He'll be here around four o'clock.
Time is like a river; it does not return to its source.
He went to Africa in 1960 never to return.
A few months later they return to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.
After a six month period, his leg was healed and is normal again.