お帰りなさい

Japanese
Japanese phrasebook
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Kanji in this term
帰
かえ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
お歸りなさい (kyūjitai)
御帰りなさい

Etymology

From お (o) + 帰り (kaeri) + なさい (nasai).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おかえりなさ​い [òkáérínásáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [6])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ka̠e̞ɾʲina̠sa̠i]

Interjection
A grid showing Japanese phrases in romaji and hiragana along with English translations for arriving or departing (e.g., a home). Includes both statements by the person coming or going and response from others in the home.

お帰(かえ)りなさい • (okaerinasai) ←おかへりなさい (okaferinasai)?

  1. welcome home (said by a person greeting another coming back home, a stock phrase required by the Japanese etiquette)
    Synonym: お帰り (okaeri)

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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