I'm home!; I'm back!
A set phrase said when returning home, often in response to おかえりなさい. The ただいま part can be used alone with the same meaning.
See also: ただいま
玄関を開けて、「ただいま帰りました」と言った。
I opened the front door and said, "I'm home!"
「ただいま帰りました！」「おかえりなさい。」
"I'm back!" "Welcome home."
The standard response to ただいま帰りました, meaning 'welcome home' or 'welcome back'.
Standard mixed kana-kanji spelling; the most common written form.
Kanji spelling using 只今; somewhat formal or literary, but still seen.
Mixed spelling with 今 in kanji; less common than the all-kana ただいま.
A fixed expression combining ただいま ('just now') and the polite past form of 帰る ('to return'), literally 'I have just now returned'.