Illustration: A traveler wheels a scuffed suitcase through the doorway of their Tokyo apartment, with Tokyo Tower visible beyond the exterior corridor railing. They hold their own key while a partner welcomes them with familiar house slippers.

Beyond N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

帰き京きょう

kikyou

to return to the capital

In historical writing, the capital may be Kyoto. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. なお、帰京ききょうの道程どうていは二通ふたとおりあった。

    Incidentally, there were two routes to return to Kyoto.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 朝原内親王あさはらないしんのうは18歳さいで帰京ききょうした。

    Imperial Princess Asahara went back to Kyoto when she was eighteen years old.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 絶海中津ぜっかいなかつは説得せっとくを諦あきらめて帰京ききょうする。

    Chushin ZEKKAI gave up his attempts to persuade Yoshihiro otherwise and returned to the capital.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 帰京

  • 帰return homeOnキKunかえる・かえす・おくる
  • 京capital; 10**16Onキョウ・ケイ・キンKunみやこ

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