行ゆき戻もどり

noun

going and returning; round trip

Refers to the act of going somewhere and coming back; can also be used for a round trip or a back-and-forth movement.

• 駅えきまでの行ゆき戻もどりに一いち時じ間かんかかった。

  The round trip to the station took an hour.

noun

divorced woman

Archaic or historical term for a woman who has returned to her parents' home after divorce; rarely used in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんには、行ゆき戻もどりという言こと葉ばで離り縁えんされた女じょ性せいを指さすことがある。

  In Edo-period documents, the term 行き戻り sometimes refers to a divorced woman.