歸: to return; revert

歸 [归] guī

adjective | verb
: to return; to go back to, to revert
: to give back to
: (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by
: to belong to
: to gather together
: (used between two identical verbs) despite
: to marry (of a woman) (old)
: division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

Kun Reading

帰す | きす kisu

godan verb with su ending
: to come to (in the end); to end in
: to attribute; to blame

帰す | かえす kaesu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

帰り | かえり kaeri

noun
: return; coming back

帰る | かえる kaeru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to return; to come home; to go home; to go back
: (of a guest, customer, etc.) to leave
: (of a baseball player rounding the bases) to get home

帰れ | かえれ kaere

noun
: Go home; Get out

歸還 [归还] gui1huan2: to return something; to revert
[帰還 | きかん: repatriation; return
: (electrical) feedback]

歸納 [归纳] gui1na4: to sum up; to summarize; to conclude from facts; induction (method of deduction in logic)
[帰納 | きのう kinou: induction; recursion]

歸結 [归结] gui1jie2: to sum up; to conclude; in a nutshell; the end (of a story)
[帰結 | きけつ kiketsu: consequence; result; conclusion]

歸根到底 [归根到底] gui1gen1 dao4di3: after all; in the final analysis; ultimately

歸根結底 [归根结底] gui1gen1 jie2 di1: in the final analysis; ultimately

回歸[归] huígui1: to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)
[回帰 | かいき kaiki: return (to); revolution; recurrence; recursion; comeback; revival]

九歸 [归] jiu3gui1: abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)

劃歸 [划归] hua4gui1: to incorporate; to put under (external administration)

復歸 [复归] fu4gui1: to return; to come back
[復帰 | ふっき futsuki: return; comeback; reinstatement
: carriage return; CR]

東歸 [东归] dōng1gui1: lit. to return east; fig. to return to one’s homeland

Favorite two phrases of the Japanese language

只今帰りました | ただいまかえりました tadaima kaerimashita
: I’m home!

お帰り | おかえり okaeri
: (Honorific or respectful language) return
: welcome home
OR
お帰りなさい | おかえりなさい okaeri nasai
: welcome home

Japanese common word | expression | idiom | proverb
帰って来る | かえってくる kaette kuru
: to return; to come back

持帰り | もちかえり mochi kaeri
: takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway; take-away

宝の山に入りながら手を空しくして帰る | たからのやまにいりながらてをむなしくしてかえる
takara no yama ni irinagara te o munashikushite kaeru
: (proverb) though sitting on a pile of riches, one comes back empty handed; to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp

落花枝に帰らず破鏡再び照らさず | らっかえだにかえらずはきょうふたたびてらさず
rakkaeda ni kaerazu hakyoufutatabi terasazu
: 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

覆水盆に帰らず | ふくすいぼんにかえらず fukusui bon ni kaerazu
: what’s done is done; that’s water under the bridge; it is no use crying over spilt milk; spilt water won’t go back into its tray

Chinese idiom | expression | proverb
歸心似箭 [归心似箭] gui1 xin1 si4 jian4
: with one’s heart set on speeding home

不醉不歸 [不醉不归] bu4 zui4 bu4 gui1
: to not return without getting drunk

同歸於盡 [同归于尽] tong2 gui1 yu2 jin4
: to die in such a way that sb (or something) else also perishes; to take sb down with oneself; to end in mutual destruction

完璧歸趙 [完璧归赵] wan2 bi4 gui1 zhao4
:. to return the jade annulus to Zhao; fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner

命歸黃泉 [命归黄泉] ming4 gui1 huang2 quan2
: lit. to return to the Yellow Springs (黃泉|黄泉 Huang2 quan2); fig. to die; to meet one’s end

水落歸槽 [水落归槽] shui3 luo4 gui1 cao2
: spilt water returns to the trough; fig. people remember where they belong

改邪歸正 [改邪归正] gai3 xie2 gui1 zheng4
: to mend one’s ways; to turn over a new leaf

落葉歸根 [落叶归根] luo4 ye4 gui1 gen1
: lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots; fig. all things go back to their source eventually; in old age, an expatriate returns home
OR
樹高千丈，葉落歸根 [树高千丈，叶落归根] shu4 gao1 qian1 zhang4 , ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1
: fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb); fig. everything has its ancestral home; in old age, an expatriate returns home

言歸正傳 [言归正传] yan2 gui1 zheng4 zhuan4
: to return to the topic; to get back to the main point

責有攸歸 [责有攸归] ze2 you3 you1 gui1
: responsibility must lie where it belongs

涓滴歸公 [涓滴归公] juan1 di1 gui1 gong1
: every drop returns to the public good; not one penny is misused

避其銳氣，擊其惰歸 [避其锐气，击其惰归] bi4 qi2 rui4 qi4 , ji1 qi2 duo4 gui1
: avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws