Keyword
return home
Info
FrequencyTop 100-200
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig1316
Old form
Readings
かえ
(86%)
(12%)
Composed of
katakana 'ri'
broom
Mnemonic

When you return home after a long vacation you'll have to grab a broom and clean up the whole place. And since you're returning from a vacation in Japan you'd use the katakana to spell "return" as リターン with an .

Used in vocabulary (249 in total)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to return; to come back
return; coming back
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to return; to come back
return; welcome home
go home; get out
returning home
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
the way back; the way home; return trip
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
return to one's country
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
homecoming; returning home
to head home; to leave for home
preparations for returning (home)
one's way back; one's way home
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
consequence; result; conclusion
returning from school; going home from school
one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
to arrive home; to return
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club
homecoming; return to one's home
going home from work; on the way home from work
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
coming home in the morning (after staying out all night)
on the way back; when about to go back
return; conclusion; reduction
on the way back; returning
to arrive home; to return
return to base (of soldiers, military aircraft or ships)
becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion
returning home directly
to head home; to leave for home
going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
rehabilitation (in society)
dead person; deceased person
to head home; to leave for home
takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway; take-away
time one returns home
returning to (one's home in) Tokyo; returning to (one's home in) the capital
returning to the service of one's master
on the way home from work; returning from work
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
to head home; to leave for home
naturalization; naturalisation
outcome (of a course of events); consequence; tendency; trend; drift
returning from abroad; coming back to one's country (Japan)
return to a castle
(a feeling of) identification (with); sense of belonging
submission; return to allegiance
return to work; going back to work
induction; inductive reasoning
to head home; to leave for home
when about to go back; on the way back; on the way home
returning to one's (war)ship
returned soldier
returning to port
induction; inductive method
return; welcome home
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
return to an island
inductive; recursive
the way back; the way home; return trip
return to office
eternal recurrence; eternal return
holiday traffic congestion caused by people travelling to their hometowns en masse
returning no more (usu. of a person who has died); dying
recurrence; recursion; reflective
returning to a capital city (esp. Kyoto)
homeward voyage or flight
submission; surrender
return to one's post
naturalized citizen; naturalised citizen
united into one
returning
hot spring resort where customers can bathe without spending the night
homing (instinct)
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
returning to one's village
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
returnee; homecomer; person who has returned (home) to their country
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
on the way home from work
take up farming again
devoting one's life to the Buddha; obeying the Buddha's teachings
rejoining one's army unit
returning sailboat; setting sail for home port
homesickness
to go back to the starting point
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
come-back work (film, album, book, etc.)
unrepatriated person
returning to one's parents' house to give birth; giving birth at one's parents' home
returning to school
on the way back; when about to go back
to come to naught; to come to nought
going there is easy but coming back is hard
wild geese returning north in the spring
homing instinct
returning to military duty
returning to the East
to be reduced to ashes
return to the battle line; come back to the game (on to the field); a comeback
most formal form of a prayer
to head home; to leave for home
outcome (esp. of illness); result; consequence
eternal return; eternal recurrence
quitting one's job and moving back to one's hometown
to be burned to ashes; to come to nothing
to pass away; to depart this life
submission; surrender
recurrent fever
outcome (of a course of events); consequence; tendency; trend; drift
Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla); Smilax china (species of sarsaparilla)
outcome (of a course of events); consequence; tendency; trend; drift
returning to the United States; kibei; Japanese-American children (nisei) born prior to WWII who were sent to Japan for schooling before returning to America
returning to one's fatherland
person stranded due to mass transit disruptions after an earthquake, etc.
to come to nothing; to end in failure; to fall through
dong dang gui (aromatic herb similar to dong quai, Angelica acutiloba); dong quai (aromatic herb used to treat various gynecological symptoms, Angelica sinensis)
quitting one's job as a government official to return to live quietly in one's own native region
person who has just made a comeback; previous employee now rejoining
person stranded due to mass transit disruptions after an earthquake, etc.
question of possession (e.g. of the Kuril Islands)
return to the divine through spiritual quietude
naturalized species
going there is easy but coming back is hard
neurotic fear of returning home after work; nostophobia
leave; furlough; temporary layoff
death of a Christian (in Catholicism)
returning to Osaka
returning to an eastern place (esp. from Kyoto to Tokyo)
recurrent fever
feeling of belonging to; sense of belonging
tropics (of Cancer and Capricorn); regression line
day surgery; day procedure
naturalized plant; naturalised plant
at-home overtime; time spent on work one brings home
imputation of responsibility; attribution of responsibility
reductio ad absurdum
(school) admission category for students who have lived abroad
going there is easy but coming back is hard
Gui Cang (Yin period method of Chinese divination)
regression coefficient
what's done is done; it is no use crying over spilt milk; (lit.) spilt water won't go back into its tray
takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway; take-away
returning to one's parents' house to give birth; giving birth at one's parents' home
second blooming (in a season); reflowering; reflorescence; (arch.) return to working by a prostitute, kabuki actor, etc.
reaching age of 60; dotage; second childhood
a parent will do anything for their child; (lit.) a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)
fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk
sale of one's belongings before returning to one's country; sayonara sale
revival of Japanese food
Eastern Catholic Churches; Uniate Churches; Eastern-rite Catholic Churches
regression model
incidence of taxation; tax incidence
to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp; (lit.) to come home empty-handed despite having entered treasure mountain
let's move back home
exhibition of returned works (e.g. from overseas)
return-to-zero recording; RZ
regression test
polarized return-to-zero recording; RZ(P)
multiple regression
polynomial regression
non-return-to-zero change-on-zeros recording; NRZ-0
non-return-to-zero change-on-ones recording; NRZ-1; non-return-to-zero (mark) recording; NRZ(M)
non-return-to-zero change-on-ones recording; NRZ-1; non-return-to-zero (mark) recording; NRZ(M)
non-return-to-zero recording; NRZ; non-return-to-reference recording
non-return-to-zero (change) recording; NRZ(C)
non-return-to-zero recording; NRZ; non-return-to-reference recording
naturalized animal; naturalised animal
regression equation
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be revived
returning to Japan
regression toward the mean; regression to the mean
returning home from kindergarten
post-retirement return to one's home town and carrying out agricultural pursuits
returning to one's base (after a fly ball)
school student who has returned to Japan after living abroad
Chinese national who returned after study or work abroad
after-work run
dong quai (aromatic herb used to treat various gynecological symptoms, Angelica sinensis)
dong dang gui (aromatic herb similar to dong quai, Angelica acutiloba)
Examples (200 in total)
By the time you came back, I'd already left.
What do you want to do? Go home?
I thought you'd probably already gone home.