帰る

• 読み: かえる
• ローマ字: kaeru
• 漢字の分解: 帰 (ki/kae) — to return, to go home
• 発音: /ka.e.ɾɯ/

意味

To return; to go home; to come home; to go back to where one belongs.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb. Specifically implies returning to one's home or base. Different from 戻る (modoru), which means to return to any previous location. Commonly used with the particle に to mark the destination. The compound お帰りなさい is the standard greeting for someone returning home.

例文

1. 五時に家に帰ります。
2. 昨日は遅く帰った。
3. お母さんがまだ帰っていない。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, work, school

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 帰 combines elements suggesting a broom sweeping and a foot returning, conveying the idea of going back to one's place of belonging.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal