Word Meaning 行ったり来たり

いったりきたり ittarikitari

行ったり来たり is read as いったりきたり (ittarikitari) and means going to and fro.

Meaning

English

  1. going to and fro
  2. back and forth

Reading

Kana

いったりきたり

Romaji

ittarikitari

Writing Variants

  • 行ったりきたり いったりきたり ittarikitari
  • 行ったり来り いったりきたり ittarikitari

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 24397 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

行き来

いきき

street traffic

未来進行形

みらいしんこうけい

future progressive form

行き帰り

いきかえり

going and returning (e.g. work, school)

行き

いき

bound for ...

行う

おこなう

to perform

ぎょう

carya (austerities)

行く

いく

to die

行き先

いきさき

destination

行く先

いくさき

destination

Example Sentences

10

He kept walking up and down the room.

The bear is walking up and down in the cage.

The buses ran back and forth almost empty.

A strange man was walking back and forth on the pavement.

A man I didn't know was walking back and forth in front of my house.

Tom was pacing in his room, unable to calm himself down.

Jack was pacing up and down in the room, lost in thought.

He walked back and forth in front of the door, hesitating to enter.

Pretty soon, there was an elevated train going back and forth just above the small village.

The children from the village would often gather up on top of the hill and from there watched the trucks and automobiles going back and forth to the city.