お帰り

おかえり · okaeri · JLPT N2 · noun

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🏠 お帰り = polite お + 帰り kaeri (going home): welcome back home

帰る (kaeru) means to go home, and 帰り is its noun form, the return. Adding the polite お gives okaeri, said to someone who has just come home. It is the standard reply to ただいま, I'm home.

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