帰る（かえる）
JLPT N5 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: to return / go home
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 帰ります | かえります |
| te-form | 帰って | かえって |
| ta-form (past) | 帰った | かえった |
| nai-form (negative) | 帰らない | かえらない |
| potential form | 帰れる | かえれる |
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Example sentences
- 仕事が終わって、家に帰る。 — After work, I go home.
- 疲れたので早く帰って休みたい。 — I'm tired, so I want to go home early and rest.
Idioms & proverbs containing “帰る”
- 宝の山に入りながら手を空しくして帰る (たからのやまにいりながらてをむなしくしてかえる) — to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp; to come home empty-handed despite having entered treasure mountain
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