()(もど)

よびもどす
verb (godan, transitive)
to call back; to recall; to summon back
他動詞 transitiveaction
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present()(もど)()(もど)さない
Present polite()(もど)します()(もど)しません
Past()(もど)した()(もど)さなかった
Past polite()(もど)しました()(もど)しませんでした
て form()(もど)して()(もど)さなくて
ている present()(もど)している()(もど)していない
ている polite()(もど)しています()(もど)していません
ている past()(もど)していた()(もど)していなかった
ている past polite()(もど)していました()(もど)していませんでした
Conditional ば()(もど)せば()(もど)さなければ
Conditional たら()(もど)したら()(もど)さなかったら
Volitional()(もど)そう
Volitional polite()(もど)しましょう
Potential()(もど)せる()(もど)せない
Passive()(もど)される()(もど)されない
Causative()(もど)させる()(もど)させない
Imperative()(もど)()(もど)すな
1. to call back; to summon back
To ask or order someone who has left to return.
子供(こども)()(もど)した。
I called the child back.
()()った息子(むすこ)()(もど)した。
I called back my son who had left.
The company recalled employees who were overseas.
The doctor tried to bring the patient back to consciousness.
Sensing danger, I called back my companions who had gone ahead in a loud voice.
2. to recall; to bring back (memories, feelings)
To cause something from the past to come back to mind or existence.
(おも)()()(もど)す。
To bring back memories.
That photo brought back old memories.
That song brings back memories of my youth.
The scent of spring flowers brought back the happy days of my childhood.
The nostalgic taste brought back memories of the days we gathered around the dinner table as a family.

Forms

A compound verb: () (to call) + (もど) (to send back) — to call someone or something so that it comes back. In sense 2 the subject is typically an inanimate trigger (a photograph, a song, a scent) and the object is a memory or a feeling.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • ()() summons someone *to* the speaker — to an office, to the phone. ()(もど)す returns them to where they were before.
  • ()(もど) is what you recover for yourself (health, confidence, a lead); ()(もど)す works by calling out, whether to a person or, figuratively, to the past.