お帰り|おかえりokaeri

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounreturn
    あなたのお帰かえりを一いち日にち千秋ちあきの思おもいでお待まちしています。↗
    I can hardly wait till I see you.
  2. interjectionwelcome home
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym帰りかえりNeutralRefers to the return trip or the time of coming back, with no greeting involved; 「お帰り」 is the greeting used to welcome someone home.
  • AntonymいってらっしゃいNeutralSaid to see someone off as they leave home — the counterpart to 「お帰り」, which greets them when they return.

Use 「お帰り」 to greet family coming home; the politer form is 「お帰りなさい」. For the return trip itself say 「帰り」, and when seeing someone off say 「行ってらっしゃい」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 「かえり」の丁寧ていねいな表現ひょうげん。
  2. 「おかえりなさい」の略りゃく。目上めうえ又または相当そうとうに親したしい関係かんけいにある側がわが用もちいる。
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