巻き戻す

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 巻き戻す (reading まきもどす) is a godan transitive verb for rewinding a medium or moving playback back, and it also works figuratively for turning back time.
• Basic usage: It is used to replay a missed portion of a recording or to imagine returning time to yesterday.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Physical and digital playback
  • With wound media such as tape, it describes winding backward; with a digital recording, it describes moving the playback position back.
• Figurative time
  • 時間を巻き戻す is a metaphor for returning to the past; 巻き戻せるなら places that possibility in a condition.