Japanese Word of the Day
帰る
KA-e-ru • verb (u-verb, intransitive) — 14th of Apr, 2026
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Meaning: to return; to go back (often to one's home or a previous place)
Examples
- 今夜は早く帰る。
(I'll go home early tonight.) - 仕事が終わったら家に帰ります。
(I'll go home when work finishes.) - もう帰ったの？
(Have you already gone home?)
Synonyms
- 戻る
- 帰宅する
帰る is used when you return to a place, commonly your home. It's intransitive (you 'return' yourself), an informal dictionary form is 帰る and polite is 帰ります; past casual is 帰った. Note: かえる is pronounced the same as other words (e.g., 変える 'to change', 蛙 'frog'), so the meaning is clarified by context or kanji.
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