お帰り|おかえりokaeri
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- nounreturn
- interjectionwelcome home
- 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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