お帰り

Japanese

Japanese phrasebook

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A grid showing Japanese phrases in romaji and hiragana along with English translations for arriving or departing (e.g., a home). Includes both statements by the person coming or going and response from others in the home.

Kanji in this term
帰
かえ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
お歸り (kyūjitai) 御帰り

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おかえり [òkáérí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞ka̠e̞ɾʲi]

Interjection

お帰(かえ)り • (okaeri) ^{←おかへり (okaferi)^?}

Ellipsis of お帰りなさい (“welcome home”).

Noun

お帰(かえ)り • (okaeri) ^{←おかへり (okaferi)^?}

(honorific) someone's return

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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