- kikoku return to one's country; return to one's hometown
Formal or news contexts for returning to one's home country after living abroad; not for daily short trips.
来月、アメリカから帰国します。
Raigetsu, Amerika kara kikoku shimasu.
I will return to Japan from America next month.
父は海外出張から帰国した。
Chichi wa kaigai shucchō kara kikoku shita.
My father returned to Japan from an overseas business trip.
⚖️ Commonly confused with 帰省 (kisei), which means returning to one's parents' home, while 帰国 specifically means returning to one's country.
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