Translation guide
How to express reversing, canceling, or restoring a previous state in Japanese.
Undo the operation.
Please press the undo button.
Loanword from English, used in some software interfaces, but less common than 元に戻す.
Use the undo function.
To make something void, such as a decision, contract, or effect.
To cancel, revoke, or nullify. Used for orders, reservations, statements, etc.
Cancel the order.
To withdraw or retract, often used for formal statements, proposals, or decisions.
Withdraw the proposal.
To invalidate or make null and void. Used for contracts, agreements, or legal effects.
Void the contract.
To physically undo something like a knot, button, or screw.
To untie, undo (a knot, string, etc.). Also used for untying hair or loosening a sash.
Untie the shoelaces.
She undid her hair.
To remove, unfasten, or detach. Used for buttons, screws, parts, etc.
To loosen, slacken. Used for screws, belts, tension, etc.
To return something to how it was before, often in a broader sense than just reversing an action.
He took back his previous statement.
Undo the button.
Undo the screw.
ネジを緩める
Loosen the screw.