我に返る

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
我	返
われ Grade: 6	かえ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Compound of 我(われ) (ware, “ego; self”) + に (ni, “to”) + 返(かえ)る (kaeru, “to return”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [β̞a̠ɾe̞ ɲ̟i ka̠e̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

我(われ)に返(かえ)る • (ware ni kaeru) godan (stem 我(われ)に返(かえ)り (ware ni kaeri), past 我(われ)に返(かえ)った (ware ni kaetta))

1. to recover from an unconscious state

   ほおをたたかれて我(われ)に返(かえ)る

   hō o tatakarete ware ni kaeru

   to be woken up by slapping on the face

2. to calm down; to recover from an irrational state

   興奮(こうふん)がさめて我(われ)に返(かえ)る

   kōfun ga samete ware ni kaeru

   to calm down

Conjugation

• See 返(かえ)る (kaeru).