後戻り|あともどりatomodori[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbgoing backward; turning back; backtracking; doubling back
    もうここまで来きたらやるしかないでしょう。もう後戻あともどりはできない。↗
    We've come this far, so we can't stop now. I don't want to backslide.
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbregression; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
Conjugation
Dictionary form後戻りする(あともどりする)
Polite (masu)後戻りします(あともどりします)
Negative (nai)後戻りしない(あともどりしない)
polite (masen)後戻りしません(あともどりしません)
classical zu / nu後戻りせず・後戻りせぬ(あともどりせず・あともどりせぬ)
Past (ta)後戻りした(あともどりした)
polite (mashita)後戻りしました(あともどりしました)
Past negative (nakatta)後戻りしなかった(あともどりしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)後戻りしませんでした(あともどりしませんでした)
Te form後戻りして(あともどりして)
Potential後戻りできる(あともどりできる)
Passive後戻りされる(あともどりされる)
Causative後戻りさせる(あともどりさせる)
Causative passive後戻りさせられる(あともどりさせられる)
Conditional (ba)後戻りすれば(あともどりすれば)
tara後戻りしたら(あともどりしたら)
Volitional後戻りしよう(あともどりしよう)
polite (mashou)後戻りしましょう(あともどりしましょう)
Imperative後戻りしろ(あともどりしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym逆戻りぎゃくもどりNeutralReverting to a former state, as in 「冬に逆戻り」; stresses a situation going back and carries a negative nuance.
  • Related引き返すひきかえすNeutralA verb for turning back and retracing your way; stresses turning around partway through a trip.
  • Related戻るもどるNeutralA verb for returning to where you were or getting back to a former state; the most versatile of the group, neutral in tone.
  • Related取って返すとってかえすNeutralAn idiomatic phrase for immediately turning around and heading back; stresses a swift return.
  • Related引っ返すひっかえすCasualA colloquial verb for turning back; synonymous with 「引き返す」.
  • Related出戻るでもどるNeutralA verb for going back to the place you came from; also used for returning to one's parents' home after a divorce.
  • Antonym前進ぜんしんNeutralAntonym: advancing or moving forward, the opposite of 「後戻り」's backward movement.
  • Antonym進展しんてんNeutralAntonym: a situation progressing or developing, the opposite of 「後戻り」 as regression.

Use 「後戻り」 for going back the way you came or for something reverting to its former state, often as 「後戻りできない」. For a situation sliding back, say 「逆戻り」; for turning around midway, 「引き返す」; for returning to a place, 「戻る」. The antonym is 「前進」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 来きた方ほうへ引き返ひきかえすこと。
  2. やっていた物事ものごとが元もとの方ほうへ戻もどること。
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