お帰りなさい

Japanese

Japanese phrasebook

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

Alternative spellings
お歸りなさい (kyūjitai) 御帰りなさい

Etymology

From お (o) + 帰り (kaeri) + なさい (nasai).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おかえりなさい [òkáérínásáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [6])^[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞ka̠e̞ɾʲina̠sa̠i]

Interjection

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.

お帰(かえ)りなさい • (okaerinasai) ^{←おかへりなさい (okaferinasai)^?}

welcome home (said by a person greeting another coming back home, a stock phrase required by the Japanese etiquette)
Synonym: お帰り (okaeri)

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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