帰かえる

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 500

Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

General intransitive verb for returning to one's home, base, or point of origin. The direction (go/come) depends on the speaker's viewpoint.

2

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

Used when a guest, customer, or visitor departs from a place. Often implies leaving after a visit or stay.

3

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

get home (baseball); reach home plate

baseball

Baseball term for a runner reaching home plate and scoring a run.

帰かえるUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling for returning home or going back.
還かえるUsage1%
Rare kanji variant, sometimes used in literary or formal contexts for returning to an original state or place.
かえるUsage1%
歸かえるUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kyūjitai form; not used in modern writing.
復かえるUsage0%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; rarely used and not standard.

戻もどる
戻る also means 'return' but emphasizes going back to a previous location or state, often after a short deviation. 帰る focuses on returning to one's home or base.
返かえる
返る means 'return' in the sense of something being given back or reverting to a previous state (e.g., お釣りが返る). 帰る is for people returning to a place.

The historical derivation is uncertain. The kanji 帰 is conventionally associated with returning home or going back.

restore, return to, revert