Usages of hikikaesu
駅 を 通り過ぎて しまった ので、 次 の 信号 で 引き返しました。eki wo toorisugite simatta node, tugi no singou de hikikaesimasita.
I passed the station by mistake, so I turned back at the next traffic light.
傘 を 忘れたこと に 気づいて、 家 まで 引き返す か どうか 少し 迷いました。kasa wo wasuretakoto ni kiduite, ie made hikikaesu ka douka sukosi mayoimasita.
I noticed I had forgotten my umbrella and hesitated a little about whether to go back home.
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