戻す|もどすmodosu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. godan verb, transitive verbto put back; to return; to give back; to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling); to turn back (e.g. clock hand)
   その本ほんを棚たなに戻もどしておきなさい。↗

   Put the book back on the shelf.
2. godan verb, transitive verbto vomit; to throw up
3. godan verb, intransitive verb, financeto recover (of a market price)

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

• Synonym返すかえすNeutralCovers returning something borrowed to its owner, and also turning things over; 「戻す」 centres on putting an item back in place or restoring its former state.
• Synonym還元かんげんNeutralUsed for giving profits back to society or for chemical reduction, as in 「利益を還元する」; it leans toward written usage.
• Synonym返還へんかんFormalA formal word for returning something to its rightful owner, as in 「領土返還」 or 「敷金の返還」; the tone is weighty and official.
• Synonym返上へんじょうNeutralMeans voluntarily giving something up or handing it over, as in 「休日返上」 or 「汚名返上」; 「戻す」 carries no nuance of giving up.
• Synonym返却へんきゃくNeutralFor returning borrowed items, such as library books; somewhat formal. 「戻す」 can also mean simply putting something back where it was.
• Synonym返納へんのうFormalA formal term for handing back something received to the authorities or its original owner, as in 「免許返納」.
• Synonym吐き出すはきだすNeutralTo spit something out, and figuratively to pour out one's feelings or spend money one has saved up.
• Synonym吐くはくNeutralThe everyday word for vomiting or spitting something out, and also for voicing what one feels; when 「戻す」 means vomiting it is a euphemism.
• Related引き戻すひきもどすNeutralTo pull something back to where it was, or to bring a person back to a former state; the pulling can be literal or figurative, with a sense of effort.
• Related立て直すたてなおすNeutralTo set something fallen back upright, or to rebuild and reorganize, as in 「経営を立て直す」.
• Related回復かいふくNeutralFor the recovery of health, the economy, trust and the like, as in 「信用を回復する」; 「戻す」 stresses returning to the original place or state.
• Related復元ふくげんNeutralFor restoring historic sites, data and the like to their original form, as in 「データ復元」; it has a technical flavour.
• Related取り戻すとりもどすNeutralTo win back or retrieve something lost, as in 「自信を取り戻す」; 「戻す」 is about putting something back where it belongs.
• Related復旧ふっきゅうNeutralFor transport, lifelines and services returning to normal, as in 「電車が復旧する」.
• Related吐くはくNeutralThe everyday word for vomiting or spitting something out, and also for voicing what one feels; when 「戻す」 means vomiting it is a euphemism.
• Related連れ戻すつれもどすNeutralTo bring back a person or thing that has gone off somewhere, as in 「家出した子を連れ戻す」.
• Related吐出としゅつWrittenA written, formal word for expelling something from the body, mostly in medical contexts; in daily speech people say 「吐く」.
• Antonym進めるすすめるNeutralAn antonym: to move things forward, the opposite direction from putting them back, as with setting a clock forward versus turning it back.
• Antonym出すだすNeutralAn antonym: to take something out, the reverse of putting it back where it was.

「戻す」 is the default for putting something back where it was or restoring a former state. To return a borrowed item, use 「返す」 or 「返却」; in formal settings 「返還」 and 「返納」 fit. To regain something lost, say 「取り戻す」; restoring trains or utilities is 「復旧」, rebuilding a business 「立て直す」, and recovering health or trust 「回復」. For vomiting, everyday speech uses 「吐く」. 「進める」 and 「出す」 move in the opposite direction.

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

1. 元もとの場所ばしょに返かえす。元もとの所有者しょゆうしゃに返かえす。それた話題わだいを本来ほんらいのものに変かえる。
2. 元もとの状態じょうたいにする。
3. 食材しょくざいを水みずにつけたり解凍かいとうしたりして加工かこうする前まえの状態じょうたいにする。
4. 反対はんたいの方向ほうこうへ動うごかす。
5. 食たべたり飲のんだりしたものを吐き出はきだす。嘔吐おうとする。
6. 下さがっていた相場そうばが回復かいふくする。