Emaki · all 1,500 words

帰る

かえる

to return, to go back

Mnemonic

Sweep up first, and then you carry かえる your own bags back the way you came. Nobody goes home before the floor is done: かえる.

Built from

return home
帚 a broom on the right. Sweep up, then go back where you came from.

Also read かえる

to change, to alter

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