里帰り（さとがえり）
JLPT N4 · noun
Pitch accent: nakadaka (middle-high) — pitch drops after mora 3
Meaning: returning to parents' home
Example sentences
- お盆に妻が里帰りをする。 — My wife goes back to her hometown during Obon.
- 久しぶりに里帰りをした。 — I went back to my hometown for the first time in a while.
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