往おう復ふく

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

往復する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Core meaning: traveling to a place and back, or the back-and-forth movement itself. Used as a noun and with する for the action.

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 往復切符. Common in ticket-buying contexts.

〈場ば所しょ〉を往おう復ふくするto make a round trip to/from a place
毎まい日にち、家いえと会かい社しゃを往おう復ふくしています。
I commute back and forth between home and the office every day.
〈場ば所しょ〉までの往おう復ふくを予よ約やくするto book a round-trip ticket to a place
大おお阪さかまでの往おう復ふくを予よ約やくした。
I booked a round-trip ticket to Osaka.
〈人ひと〉と手て紙がみを往おう復ふくさせるto exchange letters back and forth with someone
彼かの女じょと何なん度ども手て紙がみを往おう復ふくさせた。
We exchanged letters back and forth with each other many times.
〈人ひと〉の家いえを往おう復ふくするto go back and forth visiting someone's home (socialize)
二ふたつの家か族ぞくが互たがいの家いえを往おう復ふくして親したしくなった。
The two families grew close by visiting each other's homes back and forth.
往おう復ふく〈数かず〉時じ間かんかかるit takes ... hours for the round trip
実じっ家かまでは往おう復ふくで六ろく時じ間かんかかる。
It takes six hours round trip to get to my parents' house.

行ゆき来きN2sense 1
行き来 is the everyday, casual word for going back and forth or visiting, while 往復 is a bit more formal and often used for round trips, tickets, or correspondence.
行いったり来きたり
往復 is a formal noun for a single round trip (e.g., commuting or mail), while 行ったり来たり emphasizes repeated, often restless or indecisive back-and-forth movement.
折おり返かえしN1
折り返し highlights the turning point or the act of heading back, while 往復 refers to the whole round trip of going and returning.
往おう復ふく切きっ符ぷN3
往復 is the general noun/verb for 'round trip', while 往復切符 specifically means the physical ticket for that trip.

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行ゆき帰かえりN2
往復 is the formal word for a round trip, often used for tickets or fares, while 行き帰り is the everyday word for the act of going to and coming back from a place, especially a routine commute.
上じょう下げN2
往復 specifically means a round trip between two places, while 上下 in this sense emphasizes the repeated back-and-forth movement itself, often along a fixed route.

片かた道みちN3sense 1
片道 means a one-way trip, the direct opposite of 往復's round trip (there and back).

往おう来らい sense 1
往来 refers to traffic or the general coming-and-going of people/vehicles in a place, whereas 往復 specifically means making a trip there and back to the same point.
回かい復ふくN3
往復 (a round trip) shares the kanji 復 with 回復 (recovery) but has a completely unrelated meaning, so the two are easy to mix up in writing.
反はん復ぷく
反復 means repeating an action, whereas 往復 means a round trip (going and returning); the two share the kanji 復 but differ completely in meaning.
行いきN4
行き refers only to the outward leg of a journey, whereas 往復 covers both the outward and return legs together.

回かいN4
「往復」(round trip) is typically counted with 回 to express the number of round trips, as in 1回の往復 (one round trip).

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Compound of 往 (going) and 復 (returning). The kanji combination directly expresses the idea of going and coming back.