Meaning

Primary

To Return Home

Alternatives

To Return, To Go Home

Word Type

intransitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means return home so the verb vocab version is to return home, to return, or to go home.

Reading

かえる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is the same as the one you learned with the kanji. You can return home happily, knowing how to read this word!

This word has a pair verb though, so you'll want to remember the ending. Just imagine how rude () it is when someone goes home without saying goodbye. The nerve!

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • すぐ帰る

    to be right back, to go home immediately

    そのまま帰る

    to just go home

    もう帰る

    to return home now

Context Sentences

カナエちゃんは、日本から帰ってきて、オフィスの人におみやげを配りました。

Kanae distributed souvenirs to her colleagues after she had come back from Japan.

「好む」という単語をか去形にしなさい、という問題の答えが分からないまま、家に帰りました。

I couldn't figure out the answer to the question asking to put the word "to like" in the past tense, so I just went home.

「お腹が空いたし足が痛いよ」と、ホビット庄に帰るちょっと前にビルボーは言った。

"I’m hungry and my legs are sore," Bilbo said, just before turning to return home to the Shire.

Kanji Composition