帰る
かえる
to go back, to go home, to return
Kaeru (帰る) is a godan verb meaning "to go back, to go home, to return". Its polite form is 帰ります (kaerimasu), its te form is 帰って (kaette), its past form is 帰った (kaetta), and its negative form is 帰らない (kaeranai).
Godan verbJLPT N5
Kaeru (帰る) conjugation quick reference
帰る means "to go back, to go home, to return". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Kaeru example sentences
今、家に帰ります。
I'm going home now.
昨日、九時に帰りました。
I went home at 9 o'clock yesterday.
今日は帰りません。
I’m not going home today.
How to use Kaeru: grammar notes
•Use the particle に before 帰る to show where you're going back to, like 家に帰る (go home).
•Don’t use を with 帰る—since you're not "returning something," you're returning yourself somewhere.
•You can say 学校から帰る to show where you're coming back from—use から for "from" places.
•JLPT N5 level
Common phrases with Kaeru
家に帰る（いえにかえる）
Go home
学校から帰る（がっこうからかえる）
Come home from school
もう帰らなきゃ（もうかえらなきゃ）
I have to go home already / I should get going
Kaeru (帰る) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 帰る | kaeru |
| Masu Form | 帰ります | kaerimasu |
| Te Form | 帰って | kaette |
| Past Form | 帰った | kaetta |
| Negative Form | 帰らない | kaeranai |
| Past Negative | 帰らなかった | kaeranakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 帰ります | kaerimasu |
| Polite Past | 帰りました | kaerimashita |
| Polite Negative | 帰りません | kaerimasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 帰りませんでした | kaerimasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 帰れる | kaereru |
| Passive Form | 帰られる | kaerareru |
| Causative Form | 帰らせる | kaeraseru |
| Causative Passive | 帰らされる | kaerasareru |
| Volitional Form | 帰ろう | kaerou |
| Imperative Form | 帰れ | kaere |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 帰れば | kaereba |
| Conditional (たら) | 帰ったら | kaettara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 帰っている | kaetteiru |
| Desire (たい) | 帰りたい | kaeritai |
| Prohibition | 帰るな | kaeruna |