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乗り戻す (のりもどす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

乗のり戻もどす

Meanings

1

godan verb (-su)

ride back; drive back

Used for returning by riding a horse, bicycle, or driving a vehicle back to a starting point or previous location.

彼かれは馬うまに乗のり戻もどして村むらへ帰かえった。
He rode the horse back to the village.
駅えきまで車くるまで乗のり戻もどしてもらえますか。
Could you drive me back to the station?

Kanji

乗ride, power, multiplication
戻re-, return, revert

Similar words

乗のる
乗る means 'to ride' or 'to get on'; 乗り戻す adds the meaning of returning by riding/driving back.
戻もどる
戻る is intransitive 'to return'; 乗り戻す is transitive and specifies the means of return (riding/driving).

Etymology

Compound of 乗り (continuative form of 乗る 'to ride') + 戻す ('to return something'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning is transparent from its components.