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Japanese

Kanji in this term
帰
かえ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
歸り (kyūjitai)
還り

Etymology

Nominalization of the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 帰(かえ)る (kaeru, “to return”).

Pronunciation

Noun

帰(かえ)り • (kaeri) ←かへり (kaferi)?

  1. return

Derived terms

Suffix

帰(がえ)り • (-gaeri) ←がへり (-gaferi)?

  1. when returning from
    学校(がっこう)帰(がえ)りにコンビニに寄(よ)る
    gakkō-gaeri ni konbini ni yoru
    to visit the corner store on one's way back from school

Verb

帰(かえ)り • (kaeri) 

  1. stem or continuative form of 帰る (kaeru)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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