おかえりなさい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of おかえりなさい – see the following entry.

【お帰りなさい】 [interjection] welcome home (said by a person greeting another coming back home, a stock phrase required by the Japanese etiquette) Alternative spelling 御帰りなさい

(This term, おかえりなさい (okaerinasai), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)