How to say "revert" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 復するふくするsuru verb (irregular), transitive verb, intransitive verbCovers 'revert (to)': going back to an original or former state, or restoring or being restored to one. A less common verb, it suits descriptions of a situation reverting to what it was before.
- 復すふくすgodan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbA shorter form of 復する with the same meaning: to revert to, or return to, an original state. Like 復する, it is a less common way to say 'revert', and the two are interchangeable.
Both cover the same sense of 'revert'—returning to an original or former state—and both are less common; 「復す」 is simply a shorter form of 「復する」, so the choice is one of form, not meaning.
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