帰り

Japanese

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

Alternative spellings
歸り (kyūjitai) 還り

Etymology

Nominalization of the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 帰(かえ)る (kaeru, “to return”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かえり [kàéríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠e̞ɾʲi]

Noun

帰(かえ)り • (kaeri) ^{←かへり (kaferi)?}

1. return

Derived terms

• 帰(かえ)り掛(が)け (kaerigake)
• 帰(かえ)り着(つ)く (kaeritsuku)
• 帰(かえ)りの会(かい) (kaeri no kai)
• 帰(かえ)り花(ばな) (kaeribana)
• 帰(かえ)り道(みち), 帰(かえ)り路(みち) (kaerimichi)
• お帰(かえ)り (okaeri)
• 日(ひ)帰(がえ)り (higaeri)
• 持(も)ち帰(かえ)り, 持帰(もちかえ)り (mochikaeri)

Suffix

帰(がえ)り • (-gaeri) ^{←がへり (-gaferi)?}

1. when returning from

   学校(がっこう)帰(がえ)りにコンビニに寄(よ)る

   gakkō-gaeri ni konbini ni yoru

   to visit the corner store on one's way back from school

Verb

帰(かえ)り • (kaeri) 

1. stem or continuative form of 帰る (kaeru) [godan]

References

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