returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person)
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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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彼女は出産のため実家に里帰りしました。
She returned to her parents' home for childbirth.
孫の顔を見せに、毎年ゴールデンウィークに里帰りしています。
I go back to my hometown every Golden Week to show my grandchildren's faces.
長年海外にいた友人が、ついに日本へ里帰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.
この絵画は海外の美術館に貸し出されていましたが、先日里帰りしました。
This painting was on loan to an overseas museum, but it recently returned home.
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