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帰省 (きせい, kisei) Japanese meaning: homecoming | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 帰省する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 帰き 省せい する 帰き 省せい しない Polite 帰き 省せい します 帰き 省せい しません Past polite 帰き 省せい しました 帰き 省せい しませんでした Past 帰き 省せい した 帰き 省せい しなかった Te-form 帰き 省せい して 帰き 省せい しないで Desire 帰き 省せい したい 帰き 省せい したくない Potential 帰き 省せい できる 帰き 省せい できない Passive 帰き 省せい される 帰き 省せい されない Causative 帰き 省せい させる 帰き 省せい させない Causative passive 帰き 省せい させられる 帰き 省せい させられない Volitional 帰き 省せい しよう Polite volitional 帰き 省せい しましょう Imperative 帰き 省せい しろ 帰き 省せい するな Conditional 帰き 省せい すれば 帰き 省せい しなければ Tara conditional 帰き 省せい したら 帰き 省せい しなかったら
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I plan to go back to my hometown for Obon.
The homecoming rush at the year-end and New Year holidays is tough.
Kanji 帰 homecoming, arrive at, lead to 省 government ministry, conserve, omit Related words 帰郷 is a more literary or formal word for returning to one's hometown, while 帰省 is the everyday term used for holiday homecomings.
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.
帰国 means returning to one's home country (used especially by people living abroad), while 帰省 is specifically about visiting one's hometown or family home.
帰省 specifically means going back to one's hometown to visit family, while Ｕターン more broadly covers the return trip after any vacation or holiday.
帰省 is a more formal, neutral word for going back to one's hometown (e.g. for New Year's or Obon), while 里帰り carries a warmer, personal nuance and is especially associated with a married woman visiting her parents.
Don't confuse with 帰省 (returning to one's hometown) shares the same pronunciation as 気勢 (fighting spirit) but has a completely unrelated meaning.
帰省 means going home to visit family, quite different from 帰化's meaning of legally becoming a citizen of another country, though both start with 帰.
Etymology Compound of 帰 (return) and 省 (visit, examine). The kanji 省 here carries the sense of visiting one's parents or hometown, as in 省親 (visiting one's parents).
