巻き戻す

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
もど
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
卷き戾す (kyūjitai)
巻戻す

Etymology

Compound of 巻き (maki, winding, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 巻く (maku, to wind)) +‎ 戻す (modosu, to return).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きもど [màkímódóꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠kʲimo̞do̞sɨ]

Verb

()(もど) • (makimodosugodan (stem ()(もど) (makimodoshi), past ()(もど)した (makimodoshita))

  1. to return something to a coiled or rolled-up state
    1. to rewind (a tape)
      テープを()(もど)
      tēpu o makimodosu
      to rewind the tape
      Antonym: 早送りする (hayaokuri suru)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN