Turn around, look back in Japanese 🇯🇵

ふり むく info.

Tips to Remember the Japanese Word:
1. Visualization: Imagine physically turning your body to look back at something. This can help you remember the phrase.
2. Break Down the Kanji/Hiragana: "ふり" (furi) suggests shaking or swinging, which you can think of as the motion you make when turning around.

Explanations:
– 振り向く (ふり むく) is a verb that means "to turn around" or "to look back."

Other Words That Mean the Same Thing:
– 回る (まわる, mawaru) – to turn around
– 後ろを振り返る (うしろ を ふりかえる, ushiro o furikaeru) – to look back (more literally "to turn back to look behind")

Conjugations:

1. Infinitive/Dictionary Form:
– ふりむく (furimuku)

2. Present Tense:
– ふりむきます (furimukimasu) – polite
– ふりむく (furimuku) – plain

3. Past Tense:
– ふりむきました (furimukimaa) – polite
– ふりむいた (furimuita) – plain

4. Negative Form:
– ふりむきません (furimukimasen) – polite present
– ふりむかない (furimukanai) – plain present
– ふりむきませんでした (furimukimasen dea) – polite past
– ふりむかなかった (furimukanakatta) – plain past

5. Te-Form:
– ふりむいて (furimuite) – used for the conjunctive form in compound sentences

Example Sentences:

1. 彼は声をかけられてふりむいた。
– Kare wa koe o kakerarete furimuita.
– He turned around when someone called out to him.

2. ふりむかないで歩き続けた。
– Furimukanaide arukitsudzuketa.
– They kept walking without looking back.

3. あの子は何度もふりむいてしまう。
– Ano ko wa nando mo furimuite shimau.
– That child turns around and looks back repeatedly.

4. 道を間違えたかと思い、ふりむいて確認した。
– Michi o machigaeta ka to omoi, furimuite kakunin a.
– Thinking I might have taken the wrong road, I turned around to check.

5. 彼女は振り向かずに家に入った。
– Kanojo wa furimukazu ni ie ni haitta.
– She entered the house without turning around.

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