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振り返る

ふりかえる

to turn one's head, to look back on

Mnemonic

Halfway down the road he swings his shoulders round for one more look at the years behind him. The same かえる as 返す coming back, except that only his head does: ふりかえる.

Built from

shake, swing
扌 hand + 辰 dragon
return, give back
辶 road + 反 turn over

Words sharing these kanji

to wave, to shake to turn around, to look back to return, to repay reply to repeat

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