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日帰り (ひがえり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

日ひ帰がえり

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

day trip

A trip completed within one day, without staying overnight. Used as a noun or with する to mean 'to go on a day trip'.

週しゅう末まつに京きょう都とへ日ひ帰がえり旅りょ行こうをした。
I took a day trip to Kyoto over the weekend.
温おん泉せんに日ひ帰がえりで行いくつもりです。
I plan to go to the hot springs for the day.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
帰homecoming, arrive at, lead to

Similar words

一いっ泊ぱく
一泊 means 'one night's stay', often used for overnight trips, while 日帰り emphasizes returning the same day.
小しょう旅りょ行こう
小旅行 is a short trip or excursion, which may or may not be a day trip; 日帰り explicitly means returning on the same day.

Etymology

Compound of 日 (hi, 'day') and 帰り (kaeri, 'return'), with rendaku voicing of か to が. Literally 'day return'.