| Word form | modoru |
| Original script | 戻る |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | Usually with a compound verb that indicates the direction: modotteiku when away from interlocutor, and modottekuru when towards interlocutor |
| Comments on word | Original form motoru, current form attested in 源氏 (around 1000). |
| Analyzability | semi-analyzable |
| Gloss | moto-ru origin-NPST |
| Age | Old Japanese [21] (710–794) |
| Lexical stratum | wago |
| Year | 書記 (720) |
| Register | General |