I Love Kanji帰る (kaeru)
帰る (かえる, kaeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to return; to come home”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かえる
- Romaji
- kaeru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to return; to come home; to go home; to go back · godan verb, intransitive
- to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive
- to get home; to get to home plate · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
１１時を過ぎると、お客たちは三々五々帰り始めた。
After 11 o'clock the guests began to leave by twos and threes.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 帰る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 帰る | かえる kaeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 帰ります | かえります kaerimasu |
| Negative | 帰らない | かえらない kaeranai |
| Polite negative | 帰りません | かえりません kaerimasen |
| Past | 帰った | かえった kaetta |
| Polite past | 帰りました | かえりました kaerimashita |
| Negative past | 帰らなかった | かえらなかった kaeranakatta |
| Te-form | 帰って | かえって kaette |
| Potential | 帰れる | かえれる kaereru |
| Passive | 帰られる | かえられる kaerareru |
| Causative | 帰らせる | かえらせる kaeraseru |
| Volitional | 帰ろう | かえろう kaerou |
| Imperative | 帰れ | かえれ kaere |
| Conditional (~ba) | 帰れば | かえれば kaereba |
Kanji in 帰る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 帰る.
帰りかえりreturn帰すかえすto send (someone) back帰宅きたくreturning homeお帰りおかえりreturn日帰りひがえりday trip帰京ききょうreturning (home) to Tokyo
Source: JMdict entry 1221270 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.