引き戻す|ひきもどすhikimodosu[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto bring back; to restore
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 引き戻す（ひきもどす） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 引き戻します（ひきもどします） |
| Negative (nai) | 引き戻さない（ひきもどさない） |
| polite (masen) | 引き戻しません（ひきもどしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 引き戻さず・引き戻さぬ（ひきもどさず・ひきもどさぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 引き戻した（ひきもどした） |
| polite (mashita) | 引き戻しました（ひきもどしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 引き戻さなかった（ひきもどさなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 引き戻しませんでした（ひきもどしませんでした） |
| Te form | 引き戻して（ひきもどして） |
| Potential | 引き戻せる（ひきもどせる） |
| Passive | 引き戻される（ひきもどされる） |
| Causative | 引き戻させる（ひきもどさせる） |
| Causative passive | 引き戻させられる（ひきもどさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 引き戻せば（ひきもどせば） |
| tara | 引き戻したら（ひきもどしたら） |
| Volitional | 引き戻そう（ひきもどそう） |
| polite (mashou) | 引き戻しましょう（ひきもどしましょう） |
| Imperative | 引き戻せ（ひきもどせ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Related立て直すたてなおすNeutralAbout rebuilding or reviving something, such as a struggling business; 「引き戻す」 means pulling back to the original place or state, with no sense of reorganization.
- Related回復かいふくNeutralA Sino-Japanese word for a state improving or recovering from illness, as in 「景気が回復する」; it need not involve any action of pulling something back.
- Related復元ふくげんWrittenWritten style; restoring something to its original form, such as data or cultural artifacts; 「引き戻す」 centers on the act of pulling back.
- Related取り戻すとりもどすNeutralMeans regaining something that was lost, as in 「自信を取り戻す」; 「引き戻す」 focuses on pulling something back to its original place.
- Related戻すもどすNeutralThe everyday word for putting something back where it was or restoring its original state; 「引き戻す」 adds the nuance of pulling back.
- Related復旧ふっきゅうWrittenWritten style; restoring lines, services or facilities to working order, typically after a disaster; 「引き戻す」 simply means pulling back.
- Related復するふくするFormalFormal and rare; means returning to or restoring an original state; in everyday speech use 「戻る」 or 「戻す」 instead.
- Related連れ戻すつれもどすNeutralBrings back a person or thing that has gone off, with the nuance of leading them back, as in 「家出した子を連れ戻す」; 「引き戻す」 centers on pulling and also covers states.
- Antonym押し出すおしだすNeutralPushes people or things outward; the direction is the opposite of 「引き戻す」 pulling something back.
- Antonym送り出すおくりだすNeutralSends a person out the door or off into the wider world; the opposite of pulling someone back with 「引き戻す」.
Use 「引き戻す」 to pull back people or things that left or were lost, or to restore an original state, as in 「現実に引き戻す」 or 「腕を引き戻す」. To bring a person back, say 「連れ戻す」; to regain something lost, 「取り戻す」; to put something back, 「戻す」; when a state improves, 「回復」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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