立ち戻る・立戻る|たちもどるtachimodoru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
立ち戻る立ち戻る is the more common written form and the one beginners should use. It is a mixed kanji-and-kana spelling.
立戻る立戻る is a less common mixed kanji-and-kana variant of 立ち戻る. When writing, beginners should choose 立ち戻る instead.
Definitions
- godan verb, intransitive verbto return; to come back
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 立ち戻る（たちもどる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 立ち戻ります（たちもどります） |
| Negative (nai) | 立ち戻らない（たちもどらない） |
| polite (masen) | 立ち戻りません（たちもどりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 立ち戻らず・立ち戻らぬ（たちもどらず・たちもどらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 立ち戻った（たちもどった） |
| polite (mashita) | 立ち戻りました（たちもどりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 立ち戻らなかった（たちもどらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 立ち戻りませんでした（たちもどりませんでした） |
| Te form | 立ち戻って（たちもどって） |
| Potential | 立ち戻れる（たちもどれる） |
| Passive | 立ち戻られる（たちもどられる） |
| Causative | 立ち戻らせる（たちもどらせる） |
| Causative passive | 立ち戻らせられる・立ち戻らされる（たちもどらせられる・たちもどらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 立ち戻れば（たちもどれば） |
| tara | 立ち戻ったら（たちもどったら） |
| Volitional | 立ち戻ろう（たちもどろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 立ち戻りましょう（たちもどりましょう） |
| Imperative | 立ち戻れ（たちもどれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym帰るかえるNeutralThe most common everyday word for going or coming home; it stresses getting back to where you live, not necessarily to an earlier state.
- Synonym舞い戻るまいもどるNeutralComing back to the original place after moving around from spot to spot, often with a nuance that the return is unexpected or unwelcome.
- Synonym引き返すひきかえすNeutralTo turn back partway along the way and retrace your route; it stresses going back the way you came.
- Synonym戻るもどるNeutralThe most common everyday word: to go back to an earlier place or state, with the broadest range of use.
- Synonym立ち返るたちかえるNeutralClose to the headword: to go back to one's starting point or original aims, mostly in abstract uses like 「原点に立ち返る」.
- Synonym返るかえるNeutralCovers returning and recovering, and also serves as a suffix meaning 'completely', as in 「静まり返る」.
- Synonym帰ってくるかえってくるNeutralColloquial: to come back, stressing a return from outside to where the speaker is.
- Synonym引っ返すひっかえすCasualA colloquial form of 「引き返す」 for turning back, with a casual, offhand tone.
- Related復帰ふっきNeutralReturning to one's former post, active competition, or former state, as in 「職場復帰」 and 「現役復帰」.
- Related帰還きかんWrittenWritten/formal prose for coming back from a distant place, such as an astronaut's or a soldier's return.
- Related逆戻りぎゃくもどりNeutralAn everyday, neutral word for going back to an earlier place or state, often a worse one, so it frequently carries a negative nuance.
- Related復職ふくしょくNeutralGoing back to the job one held before, e.g. 「復職」 after a leave; narrow in what it applies to.
- Related復するふくするWrittenWritten/formal prose for reverting to an original state; little used, as in 「旧に復する」.
- Related復すふくすWrittenSame meaning as 「復する」; written and old-fashioned — in daily speech say 「戻る」.
- Related出戻るでもどるCasualColloquial: mostly moving back in with one's parents after a divorce; also returning to a former employer.
- Antonym進むすすむNeutralAntonym: to move forward or make progress, as in 「計画が進む」 — the opposite of heading back.
- Antonym前進するNeutralAntonym: a formal word for advancing forward, the opposite of returning to where you started.
In daily speech use 「戻る」 or 「帰る」. 「立ち戻る」 and 「立ち返る」 are the written way to say going back to one's starting point, original aims, or the topic; 「復帰」 is returning to a post. 「逆戻り」, an everyday word, is sliding back to a worse state. Antonym: 「進む」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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