帰かえり

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

Refers to the act of returning or the journey back. Often used in phrases like 帰り道 (the way back) or 帰りが遅い (returning late).

帰かえりが〈形けい容よう詞し〉to be (late/early, etc.) coming back
今日きょうは帰かえりが遅おそくなりそうだ。
It looks like I'll be getting home late today.
〈人ひと〉の帰かえりを待まつto wait for someone to come back
母ははは息子むすこの帰かえりを待まっていた。
The mother was waiting for her son's return.
帰かえりに〈場ば所しょ〉に寄よるto stop by a place on the way back
帰かえりにスーパーに寄よって買かい物ものをした。
I stopped by the supermarket on the way back and did some shopping.
帰かえりの〈物もの〉the (train/bus/etc.) for the way home
帰かえりの電でん車しゃで友とも達だちに会あった。
I ran into a friend on the train home.

帰かえりしなwhen about to go back; just before leaving · on the way back; on the way home
帰かえりなんいざlet's go home; let's return
ただいま帰かえりましたI'm home!; I'm back!
行ゆき大だい名みょうの帰かえり乞こ食じきspending lavishly on the way out and returning broke
行いきはよいよい帰かえりは怖こわいgoing there is easy but coming back is scary

戻もどり
帰り specifically means returning to one's home or starting point, while 戻り is broader and can mean going back to a previous state or place, often in compounds like 戻り道.
帰き路ろ
帰路 is a more formal, literary word for the way back, while 帰り is the everyday word for returning.
帰き宅たくN3
帰宅 specifically means returning home and is often used as a suru-verb (帰宅する), whereas 帰り is a general noun for the return trip to any starting point.
お帰かえりN2
帰り is the plain, everyday noun for 'return', while お帰り adds the honorific お- and is used to refer politely to someone else's return.
バリ
かえり is the native Japanese word for a burr, especially in metalworking, while バリ is the more common loanword used in technical and manufacturing contexts.

行いきN4
行き means the outward trip or going, the direct opposite of 帰り, the trip back.
お出でかけN4
帰り means the trip back or return, contrasting with お出かけ which refers to leaving or going out.

戻もどり
帰り means returning home or coming back from somewhere, while 戻り means returning to an original position, state, or value, not necessarily home.

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帰かえり際ぎわ
just as one is leaving; on the point of departure
行ゆき帰かえりN2
going and returning; both ways; round trip
朝あさ帰がえり
coming home in the morning; returning home at dawn
帰かえりがけ
on the way back; while returning · when about to go back; just before leaving
帰かえり支じ度たく
preparations for going home; getting ready to leave
里さと帰がえり
returning to one's parents' home; visiting one's hometown · bride's first visit home after marriage · return of an item; coming back · servant's temporary return home
帰かえり花ばな
second blooming; reflowering · return to work (prostitute, actor, etc.)
帰かえり荷に
homeward cargo; return load
早はや帰がえり
returning early; going home earlier than usual · returning in the morning; coming home in the morning
仕し事ごと帰がえり
on the way home from work; after work
会かい社しゃ帰がえり
on the way home from work; returning from work
勤つとめ帰がえり
on the way home from work
学がっ校こう帰がえり
on the way home from school
帰かえり新しん参ざん
returning newcomer; person who has just made a comeback; rejoining former employee
帰かえり着つく
arrive home; return home

The noun form of the verb 帰る (かえる, 'to return'), derived from the continuative stem (連用形).