What Does 帰省 Mean? (Kisei) Going Home in Japan — Jikka, Jimoto & Furusato | Easy Japanese Podcast

📘 FREE STUDY GUIDE Furigana, vocabulary, useful expressions & mini quiz: https://ko-fi.com/s/1f7fed1e83 "I'm going to Ehime" — is it 旅行 (a trip) or 帰省 (going home)? 帰省 (kisei) is a word you hear a lot in Japan, especially during Obon, the New Year holidays, and Golden Week. It means going back to your hometown or to your family home — and it carries the feeling of "returning to the place where you belong." In this episode, Maho talks about 帰省 — right before going home to Ehime for six days. 今日は、「帰省」という言葉と、日本人が実家に帰る時の話を、やさしい日本語で話します。 In this episode, Maho talks about: ✅ What 帰省 means ✅ 旅行 vs 帰省: same train or plane, different purpose ✅ 実家 (jikka): your parents' or family's home ✅ 地元 (jimoto) and ふるさと (furusato): what's the difference? ✅ When Japanese people go home: お盆, 年末年始, ゴールデンウィーク ✅ 帰省ラッシュ: crowded shinkansen and traffic jams ✅ What people do when they go home ✅ 「愛媛に帰る」 and 「大阪に帰る」 — why both are 帰る ✅ 「帰省します」 vs 「実家に帰ります」 in everyday conversation ✅ Mini quiz + Maho's Note 📝 Japanese subtitles with furigana are on screen, so you can read along while you listen. Japanese closed captions (CC) are also available. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 Intro: 旅行 or 帰省? 1:16 What does 帰省 mean? 1:58 旅行 vs 帰省 2:53 実家 3:49 地元 and ふるさと 4:54 When people go home & 帰省ラッシュ 5:39 What do people do when they go home? 6:17 Maho's trip home to Ehime 6:59 「愛媛に帰る」 and 「大阪に帰る」 7:57 「帰省します」 vs 「実家に帰ります」 8:42 Free study guide 9:10 Mini quiz 10:20 Maho's Note 11:14 Do you have a place to go back to? 11:39 Summary & Ending 💬 皆さんにも、帰る場所はありますか？帰ると「帰ってきたなぁ」と思う場所があったら、ぜひコメントで教えてください。 Do you have a place where you feel "I'm home"? Your family's house, the town where you grew up, or a place you used to live — tell me in the comments! 🌸 Japanese Flow — Real Japan × Easy Japanese Real Japanese, Japanese culture, and the Japanese way of thinking — things textbooks don't fully explain — in easy Japanese. I'm Maho, an online Japanese teacher from Ehime, now living in Osaka. 📺 Channel:    / @japanesewithmaho   ▶ Previous episode: Episode 20「とりあえず」    • What Does とりあえず Mean? (Toriaezu) "For Now"...   ☕ Support Japanese Flow on Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/japaneseflow #LearnJapanese #JapanesePodcast #EasyJapanese