リターンritaan
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbreturn; restoring
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, sportsreturn (in tennis, etc.)
- noun, computingreturn (key)
- nounreturn; profit; gains
- nounreward (in crowdfunding)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | リターンする |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | リターンします |
| Negative (nai) | リターンしない |
| polite (masen) | リターンしません |
| classical zu / nu | リターンせず・リターンせぬ |
| Past (ta) | リターンした |
| polite (mashita) | リターンしました |
| Past negative (nakatta) | リターンしなかった |
| polite (masen deshita) | リターンしませんでした |
| Te form | リターンして |
| Potential | リターンできる |
| Passive | リターンされる |
| Causative | リターンさせる |
| Causative passive | リターンさせられる |
| Conditional (ba) | リターンすれば |
| tara | リターンしたら |
| Volitional | リターンしよう |
| polite (mashou) | リターンしましょう |
| Imperative | リターンしろ |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym戻りもどりNeutralRefers to going back or a return trip, and to a return in programming; 「リターン」 also covers investment returns and tennis returns.
- Synonym帰りかえりNeutralThe most common everyday word for going home or the trip back, as in 「帰りが遅い」; it does not cover profits or tennis returns.
- Synonym返戻へんれいWrittenA written/formal prose term for returning or giving back documents or money, as in 「返戻金」.
- Relatedお帰りおかえりCasualEveryday colloquial word for coming home; also a short form of 「おかえりなさい」, used to greet someone returning home.
- Related逆戻りぎゃくもどりNeutralGoing back to an earlier place or state, often with a negative nuance, e.g. an illness or a situation relapsing.
- Related引き返しひきかえしNeutralTurning back midway and heading back the way you came; 「リターン」 does not carry this nuance of doubling back.
- AntonymRISCリスクNeutralThe computing term RISC (reduced instruction set computer); unrelated to 「リターン」's senses of returning or profit, so not a true antonym.
Use 「リターン」 for investment returns, tennis returns, or the Enter key. For going home say 「帰り」, for turning back 「引き返し」, for refunding money or documents 「返戻」. 「戻り」 covers going back and program returns; 「逆戻り」 implies relapse.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


