帰る
帰る · godan verb (-ru)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 帰る | 帰らない |
| Polite | 帰ります | 帰りません |
| Past polite | 帰りました | 帰りませんでした |
| Past | 帰った | 帰らなかった |
| Te-form | 帰って | 帰らないで |
| Desire | 帰りたい | 帰りたくない |
| Potential | 帰れる | 帰れない |
| Passive | 帰られる | 帰られない |
| Causative | 帰らせる | 帰らせない |
| Causative passive | 帰らせられるalso 帰らされる | 帰らせられないalso 帰らされない |
| Volitional | 帰ろう | |
| Polite volitional | 帰りましょう | |
| Imperative | 帰れ | 帰るな |
| Conditional | 帰れば | 帰らなければ |
| Tara conditional | 帰ったら | 帰らなかったら |
Meanings
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
General intransitive verb for returning to one's home, base, or point of origin. The direction (go/come) depends on the speaker's viewpoint.
I'll go home early today.
He has already returned to his country.
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
leave; go home (guest/customer)
Used when a guest, customer, or visitor departs from a place. Often implies leaving after a visit or stay.
The guests have already left.
It's about time I go home. (said by a guest)
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
get home (baseball); reach home plate
Baseball term for a runner reaching home plate and scoring a run.
The runner got home and scored a run.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉に帰るto return/go back to <place>
I go home at six every day.
- 〈人〉が帰るa guest or customer leaves/goes home
The guest has already left.
- ランナーが本塁に帰るa runner scores by reaching home plate
The runner on second base scored.
- 〈時〉に帰るto go home at a certain time
I often come home late at night.
Expressions· 9
- 土に帰るto die; to return to the earth
- 帰りしなwhen about to go back; just before leaving · on the way back; on the way home
- 原点に帰るgo back to the starting point; return to one's roots
- 生きて帰るcome back alive; make it back safely
- 帰りなんいざlet's go home; let's return
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- ただいま帰りましたI'm home!; I'm back!
- 行き大名の帰り乞食spending lavishly on the way out and returning broke
- 行きはよいよい帰りは怖いgoing there is easy but coming back is scary