- Basic forms
- 帰る — to return; to go back / base form
- 帰ります — return / masu form
- 帰った — returned / ta form
- 帰って — return and… / te-form
- 帰らない — do not return / negative
- 帰れば — if (someone) returns / conditional
- 帰れ・帰りなさい — return! / imperative
- Other common forms
- 帰りたい — want to return / 〜たい
- 帰れる — can return / potential
- 帰られた — was made to return / passive
- 帰られない — cannot return / negative potential
- More
- 帰ろう — let’s return / 〜よう
- 帰らなかった — did not return / past negative
- 帰っている — has returned / state
帰る(かえる) is a godan verb. Commonly used for returning home or going back to a familiar place.
- 帰国 — return to one’s country
- 帰宅 — returning home
- 帰省 — returning to hometown
- 帰り道 — way back
- 帰属 — belonging
帰 originally referred to returning to one’s home or place of belonging. Today it broadly means “to return,” both physically and metaphorically.