► 動詞
帰る [(1)かえる] meaning: go home rank: 1
☆ 彼はもう帰った ⇨ He’s already gone home
☆ 彼女は故郷に帰った ⇨ She went back to her hometown
帰る [(1)かえる] meaning: leave rank: 1
☆ 客はさっき帰った ⇨ The guest left a few minutes ago (☛ Leave to go back to where one came from)
More examples:
- 仕事を終えずに帰るとは何事だ！ ⇨ It is unacceptable that he went home without finishing his work
- 夕方の駅は家に帰る人達でごった返していた ⇨ The evening station was so crowded with many people going home
- 他の人達は皆未だ働いているのに自分だけ先に帰るのは悪い気がした ⇨ I felt bad to go home first when everybody else was still working
- 学校から帰る道すがら友達と色々話をした ⇨ I talked with my friend about various things on our way from school
- 帰る途中にガソリンスタンドに寄った ⇨ I stopped by at a gas station on my way home
- とにかく疲れて家に帰るなりバタンキューした ⇨ I was so tired that as soon as I got home I crashed
- 未だ宵の口だよ。帰るには早い ⇨ It’s still early evening. Too early to go home