里さと帰がえり

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

returning to one's parents' home; visiting one's hometown

General term for going back to one's parents' house, especially for a married person or someone living away. Often implies a longer stay.

• 年ねん末まつに里さと帰がえりして、家か族ぞくと過すごした。

  I went back to my parents' home at the end of the year and spent time with my family.

• 彼かの女じょは出しゅっ産さんのために里さと帰がえりしている。

  She is staying at her parents' home for the birth.

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

bride's first visit home after marriage

Traditional custom where a newlywed bride returns to her parents' home for the first time after the wedding.

• 結けっ婚こん式しきの翌よく月げつ、新しん婦ぷは里さと帰がえりをした。

  The month after the wedding, the bride made her first visit back to her parents' home.

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

return of an item; coming back

Figurative use for an object returning to its place of origin, e.g., after being on loan or exhibited abroad.

• 海かい外がいに貸かし出だされていた名めい画がが里さと帰がえりした。

  The famous painting that had been on loan overseas returned home.

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

servant's temporary return home

Archaic usage referring to a servant being allowed to go back to their own home for a short period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、奉ほう公こう人にんが年ねんに一いち度ど里さと帰がえりを許ゆるされることもあった。

  In the Edo period, servants were sometimes allowed to return home once a year.