帰還 (きかん, kikan) Japanese meaning: return home | Kotomora

帰き還かん

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帰還する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

return home; repatriation

Only when written 帰還

Formal or news-style word for returning to one's home country or base, often used for soldiers, refugees, or official returns.

帰き国こくN4sense 1
帰国 is the general word for returning to one's own country, while 帰還 is more formal and typically used for official, military, or space-mission returns.
フィードバック sense 2
フィードバック is the common loanword for feedback in everyday contexts (opinions, reactions), while 帰還 is the technical term used in electronics, control systems, and biology.
凱がい旋せん
帰還 is a neutral word for returning home or to base, whereas 凱旋 specifically implies a victorious, triumphant return.
生せい還かん
帰還 is a general word for returning to a place such as home or base, while 生還 specifically stresses surviving a dangerous situation to make it back.

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復ふく員いん
帰還 broadly means returning from any expedition or mission (e.g. space flight), while 復員 is specifically the demobilization of soldiers after war.
復ふっ帰きN1
帰還 is used for returning from a distant or dangerous place like space or the battlefield, while 復帰 is a more general term for returning to a previous state or role.

出しゅっ発ぱつN4sense 1
出発 means to depart or set out, the opposite action of 帰還, which means to return home or to base.

帰き艦かん sense 1
帰艦 is a homophone of 帰還 but specifically means returning to one's ship (naval term), whereas 帰還 is the broader word for returning home or to base.
送そう還かん
帰還 and 送還 sound and look similar, but 帰還 means a person or vehicle returning (e.g., soldiers, spacecraft), while 送還 means being sent back, often by authorities.

帰き還かんUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; used in news and formal contexts for return or repatriation.
饋き還かん
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Compound of 帰 (return) and 還 (go back, send back). The rare form 饋還 uses 饋 (send, present) but is not standard.