帰省|きせいkisei[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbhomecoming; returning home
    今夜こんや帰省きせいされるのですね。↗
    Oh, you're going home tonight!
Conjugation
Dictionary form帰省する(きせいする)
Polite (masu)帰省します(きせいします)
Negative (nai)帰省しない(きせいしない)
polite (masen)帰省しません(きせいしません)
classical zu / nu帰省せず・帰省せぬ(きせいせず・きせいせぬ)
Past (ta)帰省した(きせいした)
polite (mashita)帰省しました(きせいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)帰省しなかった(きせいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)帰省しませんでした(きせいしませんでした)
Te form帰省して(きせいして)
Potential帰省できる(きせいできる)
Passive帰省される(きせいされる)
Causative帰省させる(きせいさせる)
Causative passive帰省させられる(きせいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)帰省すれば(きせいすれば)
tara帰省したら(きせいしたら)
Volitional帰省しよう(きせいしよう)
polite (mashou)帰省しましょう(きせいしましょう)
Imperative帰省しろ(きせいしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym帰郷ききょうWrittenWritten/formal prose for returning to one's hometown, with a slightly lyrical feel; 「帰省」 is more common and often means a holiday trip back home.
  • Related帰宅きたくNeutralReturning to the home you live in now, including everyday trips; 「帰省」 means going back to your hometown or family home, usually a longer journey.
  • Related帰国きこくNeutralReturning to your own country from abroad; 「帰省」 is about going back to your hometown, so when you return from overseas to your hometown both can apply.
  • Related帰還きかんWrittenFormal word for returning from a distant place to where you set out, as in 「宇宙から帰還」; solemn in tone and not tied to one's hometown.
  • Related帰るかえるNeutralThe all-purpose verb 'go back, come home'; not limited to one's hometown, while 「帰省」 is a noun used only for returning to your hometown.
  • Antonym出郷しゅっきょうWrittenAntonym: leaving one's hometown to settle elsewhere, the opposite direction from 「帰省」; a rare word of written register.
  • Antonym離郷りきょうWrittenAntonym: leaving one's hometown for elsewhere; a written word, opposite of 「帰省」. In everyday speech say 「故郷を離れる」.

Use 「帰省」 for going back to your hometown or family home, as in 「お盆に帰省する」 and 「帰省ラッシュ」. For returning to your own home say 「帰宅」, for returning to your country 「帰国」, and in written prose 「帰郷」. The opposite is 「離郷」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 郷里きょうりに帰かえること。
  2. 郷里きょうりの父母ふぼを見舞みまうこと。
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