帰る

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See also: 歸る

Japanese

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

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kapiaru.

Cognate with 返る (kaeru, “to return”), by extension of returning to one's home.[1][2]

Compare 帰す (kaesu, “to send someone home”, transitive).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「帰る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		帰る かえる
Imperative (命令形) 帰れ かえれ
Key constructions
Passive 帰られる かえられる
Causative 帰らせる かえらせる
Potential 帰れる かえれる
Volitional 帰ろう かえろー
Negative 帰らない かえらない
Negative perfective 帰らなかった かえらなかった
Formal 帰ります かえります
Perfective 帰った かえった
Conjunctive 帰って かえって
Hypothetical conditional 帰れば かえれば

Verb

帰(かえ)る • (kaeru) ←かへる (kaferu)?intransitive godan (stem 帰(かえ)り (kaeri), past 帰(かえ)った (kaetta))

Japanese verb pair
active 帰(かえ)す
mediopassive 帰(かえ)る
  1. to go home, return
  2. to leave, walk away
  3. (baseball) to get to home plate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "帰る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 帰ら かえら kaera
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 帰り かえり kaeri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 帰る かえる kaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 帰る かえる kaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 帰れ かえれ kaere
Meireikei ("imperative") 帰れ かえれ kaere
Key constructions
Passive 帰られる かえられる kaerareru
Causative 帰らせる
帰らす 		かえらせる
かえらす 		kaeraseru
kaerasu
Potential 帰れる かえれる kaereru
Volitional 帰ろう かえろう kaerō
Negative 帰らない かえらない kaeranai
Negative continuative 帰らず かえらず kaerazu
Formal 帰ります かえります kaerimasu
Perfective 帰った かえった kaetta
Conjunctive 帰って かえって kaette
Hypothetical conditional 帰れば かえれば kaereba
Classical conjugation of "帰る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 帰ら かへら kafera
Continuative (連用形) 帰り かへり kaferi
Terminal (終止形) 帰る かへる kaferu
Attributive (連体形) 帰る かへる kaferu
Realis (已然形) 帰れ かへれ kafere
Imperative (命令形) 帰れ かへれ kafere
Key constructions
Negative 帰らず かへらず kaferazu
Contrasting conjunction 帰れど かへれど kaferedo
Causal conjunction 帰れば かへれば kafereba
Conditional conjunction 帰らば かへらば kaferaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 帰りき かへりき kaferiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 帰りけり かへりけり kaferikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 帰りつ かへりつ kaferitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 帰りぬ かへりぬ kaferinu
Perfect-continuative tense 帰れり
帰りたり		 かへれり
かへりたり		 kafereri
kaferitari
Volitional 帰らむ かへらむ kaferamu

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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