帰宅|きたくkitaku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbreturning home; going home; coming home; getting home何が彼を帰宅する気にさせたのか。↗What tempted him to come home?
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 帰宅する（きたくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 帰宅します（きたくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 帰宅しない（きたくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 帰宅しません（きたくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 帰宅せず・帰宅せぬ（きたくせず・きたくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 帰宅した（きたくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 帰宅しました（きたくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 帰宅しなかった（きたくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 帰宅しませんでした（きたくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 帰宅して（きたくして） |
| Potential | 帰宅できる（きたくできる） |
| Passive | 帰宅される（きたくされる） |
| Causative | 帰宅させる（きたくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 帰宅させられる（きたくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 帰宅すれば（きたくすれば） |
| tara | 帰宅したら（きたくしたら） |
| Volitional | 帰宅しよう（きたくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 帰宅しましょう（きたくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 帰宅しろ（きたくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Related帰省きせいNeutralNeutral. Going back to your hometown or family home, e.g. for the New Year; 「帰宅」 is returning to the home you live in now, after commuting, travel or a business trip.
- Related帰国きこくNeutralNeutral. Returning to your own country from abroad, with the emphasis on crossing a border; 「帰宅」 is about getting back to your own home.
- Related帰郷ききょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Going back to your hometown; 「帰宅」 is returning to your own home, and in everyday speech you'd say 「帰省」 or 「実家に帰る」.
- Related帰還きかんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A solemn word for coming back to one's point of departure from far away, as when astronauts return; 「帰宅」 is just ordinary coming home.
- Related帰るかえるNeutralNeutral. A verb, the most common word in daily use: to go back or go home, destination unrestricted; 「帰宅」 is a noun, more formal, only for returning to your own home.
- Antonym外出がいしゅつNeutralNeutral. The opposite of 「帰宅」 in direction: leaving your home or workplace to go out.
- Antonym出勤しゅっきんNeutralNeutral. The opposite of 「帰宅」 in direction: setting out from home to go to work; 「帰宅」 is getting back home.
- Antonym登校とうこうNeutralNeutral. The opposite of 「帰宅」 in direction: going to school, used mainly of students.
In everyday speech, say 「帰る」 for going home; 「帰宅」 is the noun favored in writing, announcements and news. For going back to your hometown use 「帰省」, for returning to your country 「帰国」, for a solemn return from afar 「帰還」; 「外出」, 「出勤」 and 「登校」 are its opposites.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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