戻る

もどる · modoru · JLPT N4 · verb-godan

to return

🪃 modoru: go out the door, then MODORU = more door, back through it

Sound hook: mo-DO-ru has a door in the middle, and returning means coming back through the door you left by. 戻 itself is 戸 (door) over 大, so the kanji carries the same door you come back to.

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