元に戻る – Vocabulary details

元もとに戻もどる

Expression

Verb (5-dan, る)

1. to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

あっ、やっぱり腕うでは元もとに戻もどらなかったみたいだ。Ah, it seems my arm didn't return to normal after all.

origin

turn back to how it was

origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

元もとに戻もどったんですよ。

It has returned to normal.

やっと、元もとに戻もどれたんだ。

I finally managed to return to normal.

あっ、やっぱり腕うでは元もとに戻もどらなかったみたいだ。

Ah, it seems my arm didn't return to normal after all.

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