Word Meaning 行きつ戻りつ

ゆきつもどりつ yukitsumodoritsu

行きつ戻りつ is read as ゆきつもどりつ (yukitsumodoritsu) and means going up and down.

Meaning

English

  1. going up and down
  2. going back and forth

Reading

Kana

ゆきつもどりつ

Romaji

yukitsumodoritsu

Writing Variants

  • 行きつ戻りつ いきつもどりつ ikitsumodoritsu

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 117009 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

行き戻り

ゆきもどり

going and returning

行き過ぎ

いきすぎ

going too far

行き違い

いきちがい

crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road)

行き渡る

いきわたる

to diffuse

行政

ぎょうせい

administration

行進

こうしん

march

行列

ぎょうれつ

matrix

行き過ぎる

いきすぎる

to go to extremes

行程

こうてい

itinerary

行き交う

いきかう

to come and go

Example Sentences

1

I spent that day listening to the lonely scrapings of a pen. During that time, from time to time, I heard a Java sparrow twittering. It occurred to me that maybe Java sparrows twitter out of loneliness too. I walked out to the veranda to see. Nevertheless, flying to and fro between two perches busily and incessantly, it did not show the slightest hint of grievance.