"お帰りなさい" meaning in Japanese

See お帰りなさい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [o̞ka̠e̞ɾʲina̠sa̠i] Forms: お帰りなさい [canonical] (ruby: (かえ)), okaerinasai [romanization], okaferinasai [romanization], おかへりなさい [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From お (o) + 帰り (kaeri) + なさい (nasai). Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|おかえりなさい|hhira=おかへりなさい}} 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) Synonyms: お帰り Related terms: ただいま (tadaima), 行って来ます (itte kimasu) (ruby: (), ()), 行ってらっしゃい (itterasshai) (ruby: ())

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_text": "From お (o) + 帰り (kaeri) + なさい (nasai).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "お帰りなさい",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "帰",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okaerinasai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okaferinasai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おかへりなさい",
      "roman": "okaferinasai",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection",
        "2": "おかえりなさい",
        "hhira": "おかへりなさい"
      },
      "expansion": "お帰(かえ)りなさい • (okaerinasai) ^(←おかへりなさい (okaferinasai)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese phrasebook",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "welcome home (said by a person greeting another coming back home, a stock phrase required by the Japanese etiquette)"
      ],
      "id": "en-お帰りなさい-ja-intj-ZOpyXi1e",
      "links": [
        [
          "welcome home",
          "welcome home"
        ],
        [
          "stock phrase",
          "stock phrase#English"
        ],
        [
          "etiquette",
          "etiquette#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "tadaima",
          "word": "ただいま"
        },
        {
          "roman": "itte kimasu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "行",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "行って来ます"
        },
        {
          "roman": "itterasshai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "行",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "行ってらっしゃい"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "お帰り"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おかえりなさい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ka̠e̞ɾʲina̠sa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "お帰りなさい"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From お (o) + 帰り (kaeri) + なさい (nasai).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "お帰りなさい",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "帰",
          "かえ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okaerinasai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "okaferinasai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おかへりなさい",
      "roman": "okaferinasai",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection",
        "2": "おかえりなさい",
        "hhira": "おかへりなさい"
      },
      "expansion": "お帰(かえ)りなさい • (okaerinasai) ^(←おかへりなさい (okaferinasai)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "intj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "tadaima",
      "word": "ただいま"
    },
    {
      "roman": "itte kimasu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "行",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "来",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "行って来ます"
    },
    {
      "roman": "itterasshai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "行",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "行ってらっしゃい"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese interjections",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese phrasebook",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "welcome home (said by a person greeting another coming back home, a stock phrase required by the Japanese etiquette)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "welcome home",
          "welcome home"
        ],
        [
          "stock phrase",
          "stock phrase#English"
        ],
        [
          "etiquette",
          "etiquette#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "お帰り"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おかえりなさい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ka̠e̞ɾʲina̠sa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "お帰りなさい"
}

Download raw JSONL data for お帰りなさい meaning in Japanese (1.8kB)

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