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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

帰宅する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

returning home; going home; coming home

Neutral term for the act of returning to one's home or residence. Often used in formal or written contexts, but also common in daily speech.

Related words· 6

帰かえるN5
帰宅 is a formal, specifically home-directed noun/verb (suru-verb), while 帰る is the everyday general verb for returning to any place, including home.
帰き京きょうN1
帰京 means returning to Tokyo (the capital), while 帰宅 means returning home to one's own house regardless of location.
お帰かえりN2
帰宅 is a neutral, often written term meaning 'returning home' used with する, whereas お帰り is the honorific noun form used to talk about someone's coming back.
帰き省せいN2
帰宅 means going back to the home where one currently lives (e.g. after work), while 帰省 means going back to one's family hometown, often for a holiday visit.

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帰かえりN4
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.
帰かえり道みち
帰宅 is a formal noun/suru-verb meaning 'to return home' as an act, while 帰り道 focuses on the route or journey itself.

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帰き国こくN4
帰宅 means returning to one's house, whereas 帰国 means returning to one's home country; the two 帰- words are easily mixed up by learners.
帰き休きゅう
帰宅 shares the kanji 帰 and means simply going home after work, unlike 帰休 which refers to a formal period of leave or layoff from employment.
里さと帰がえり
帰宅 means simply returning to one's own current residence at the end of the day, whereas 里帰り specifically means returning to one's parents' or childhood home for a visit.