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    3. 里帰り

    里帰り

    里さと帰がえり​

    returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person)

    KMT7News #16+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveTravel & TransportationFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab19 strokes

    里帰里がえり

    さとがえり

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person), visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay)
    2.
    bride's first visit to her parents after getting married
    3.
    coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad)
    4.
    temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
    archaic

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    お盆ぼんに里さと帰がえりします。

    I will go back to my hometown for Obon.

    KMT5Family & RelationshipsTravel & Transportation
    彼かの女じょは出しゅっ産さんのため実じっ家かに里さと帰がえりしました。

    She returned to her parents' home for childbirth.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsMedicine & Health
    孫まごの顔かおを見みせに、毎まい年としゴールデンウィークに里さと帰がえりしています。

    I go back to my hometown every Golden Week to show my grandchildren's faces.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    長なが年ねん海かい外がいにいた友ゆう人じんが、ついに日に本ほんへ里さと帰がえりすることになりました。

    My friend, who had been overseas for many years, finally decided to return to Japan.

    KMT8Travel & TransportationFamily & Relationships
    この絵かい画がは海かい外がいの美び術じゅつ館かんに貸かし出だされていましたが、先せん日じつ里さと帰がえりしました。

    This painting was on loan to an overseas museum, but it recently returned home.

    KMT8Art & DesignTravel & TransportationCulture & Traditions

    Characters that make up this word

    里
    さと…(2)
    ri・village・parent's home・league
    Kanji
    帰
    かえ.る・かえ.す・おく.る・とつ.ぐ…(1)
    homecoming・arrive at・lead to・result in
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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