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Learn Hardcore Japanese: hikikaesu - to turn back

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 56
/hikikaesu

hikikaesu

Word

引ひき返かえすhikikaesu

Meaning

to turn back

Part of speech

group 1, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of hikikaesu

駅えき　を　通とおり過すぎて　しまった　ので、　次つぎ　の　信号しんごう　で　引ひき返かえしました。eki o toorisugite shimatta node, tsugi no shingou de hikikaeshimashita.

I passed the station by mistake, so I turned back at the next traffic light.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

傘かさ　を　忘わすれたこと　に　気きづいて、　家いえ　まで　引ひき返かえす　か　どうか　少すこし　迷まよいました。kasa o wasuretakoto ni kizuite, ie made hikikaesu ka douka sukoshi mayoimashita.

I noticed I had forgotten my umbrella and hesitated a little about whether to go back home.

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