How do you order someone to turn around in a direct and forceful manner, like the way a police officer or soldier would say? Thank you.
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You could literally just say 「後ろをむけ!」, but I'm not sure if this is what law enforcement or military would use.
like the way a police officer or soldier would say?
How about...
or maybe something like...
Biff: Just turn around, McFly, and walk away.
ビフ: 回れ右だマクフライ。とっとと消えろ。
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1I'm intrigued by the 右 part. Is there something culturally significant about turning right rather than left? Dec 15, 2019 at 9:22
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I think the 'right-about-face' in アルク is an overly literal translation. I've heard about-face many times in films (never in real life fortunately :-) ), but I don't think I've ever heard right-about-face. Although dictionary.com does have an entry for it (but not for left-about -face). We'd only expect to hear about-face in a military context though. It would be very unusual to hear it from a police officer. Dec 15, 2019 at 9:45
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