引き返す
ひきかえす
Meanings
- Godan verb, Intransitive to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
Kanji
Example sentences
- 引き返そう。
Let's turn back. - もう引き返しましょう。
Let's turn and go back now. - 今は引き返すには遅すぎる。
It's too late to turn back now. - いま引き返せっていっても無理だ。
There's no turning back now. - 人生という道を引き返すことはできない。
There is no returning on the road of life.
Common phrases
Words containing 引き返す
- 引き返し編み (ひきかえしあみ) short rows (in knitting)