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取り戻す

とりもどす

to take back, to recover

Mnemonic

You take hold of the thing and put it back where it belongs. The same tore とり and the same more もど, and what he got back this time was his own confidence: とりもどす.

Worth knowing

回復 かいふく is the recovery happening to you. 取り戻す is you going and getting the thing back.

Built from

take, get
耳 ear + 又 hand
return, go back
戸 door + 大 big

Words sharing these kanji

to take, to get to receive, to take (someone's words or behavior) to take out, to pull out to come off, to be removed to return, to go back to return

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