Illustration: On a muddy woodland trail, a hiker has turned around and is walking back toward the small rest shelter visible behind them. Fresh bootprints lead from the shelter to their turning point, then overlap as they retrace the same path in the opposite direction.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

後あと戻もどり

atomodori

to turn back

Often used figuratively when a decision cannot be reversed. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. もう後戻あともどりはできないよ。

    There’s no turning back now.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 人生じんせいという道みちで後戻あともどりはできない。

    There is no returning on the road of life.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. これを戦艦せんかんと間違まちがえたイルティッシュ号ごうは、今来いまきたところを後戻あともどりした。

    Mistaking them for battleships, the Irtysh turned back the way she came.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 後戻

  • 後behind; backOnゴ・コウKunのち・うしろ・あと
  • 戻re-; returnOnレイKunもどす・もどる

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