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ただいま帰りました (ただいまかえりました) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ただいま帰かえりました

Meanings

1

expression

I'm home!; I'm back!

A set phrase said when returning home, often in response to おかえりなさい. The ただいま part can be used alone with the same meaning.

See also: ただいま

玄げん関かんを開あけて、「ただいま帰かえりました」と言いった。
I opened the front door and said, "I'm home!"
「ただいま帰かえりました！」「おかえりなさい。」
"I'm back!" "Welcome home."

Written forms

ただいま帰かえりました
Standard mixed kana-kanji spelling; the most common written form.
只ただ今いま帰かえりました
Kanji spelling using 只今; somewhat formal or literary, but still seen.
ただ今いま帰かえりました
Mixed spelling with 今 in kanji; less common than the all-kana ただいま.

Kanji

帰homecoming, arrive at, lead to
只only, free, in addition

今now

Similar words

ただいま
The shorter form, used alone as an informal greeting upon returning home. ただいま帰りました is the full, more polite version.
おかえりなさい
The standard response to ただいま帰りました, meaning 'welcome home' or 'welcome back'.

Etymology

A fixed expression combining ただいま ('just now') and the polite past form of 帰る ('to return'), literally 'I have just now returned'.