持(も)ち帰(かえ)る

もちかえる
verb (godan)
to take home; to bring back
他動詞 transitiveaction
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present持(も)ち帰(かえ)る持(も)ち帰(かえ)らない
Present polite持(も)ち帰(かえ)ります持(も)ち帰(かえ)りません
Past持(も)ち帰(かえ)った持(も)ち帰(かえ)らなかった
Past polite持(も)ち帰(かえ)りました持(も)ち帰(かえ)りませんでした
て form持(も)ち帰(かえ)って持(も)ち帰(かえ)らなくて
ている present持(も)ち帰(かえ)っている持(も)ち帰(かえ)っていない
ている polite持(も)ち帰(かえ)っています持(も)ち帰(かえ)っていません
ている past持(も)ち帰(かえ)っていた持(も)ち帰(かえ)っていなかった
ている past polite持(も)ち帰(かえ)っていました持(も)ち帰(かえ)っていませんでした
Conditional ば持(も)ち帰(かえ)れば持(も)ち帰(かえ)らなければ
Conditional たら持(も)ち帰(かえ)ったら持(も)ち帰(かえ)らなかったら
Volitional持(も)ち帰(かえ)ろう—
Volitional polite持(も)ち帰(かえ)りましょう—
Potential持(も)ち帰(かえ)れる持(も)ち帰(かえ)れない
Passive持(も)ち帰(かえ)られる持(も)ち帰(かえ)られない
Causative持(も)ち帰(かえ)らせる持(も)ち帰(かえ)らせない
Imperative持(も)ち帰(かえ)れ持(も)ち帰(かえ)るな
1. to take home; to carry back
To bring something back to one's home or original location.
お土産(みやげ)を持(も)ち帰(かえ)る。
To bring back souvenirs.
I took the meeting materials home and read them.
仕事(しごと)が終(お)わらなくて、家(いえ)に持(も)ち帰(かえ)った。
I couldn't finish the work, so I took it home.
I brought back wonderful memories from my trip.
I brought back the knowledge gained from the overseas business trip and shared it within the company.
2. to take away (food)
To order food for takeout rather than eating at the restaurant.
Can I also get takeout at this shop?
Is that for takeout, or will you be eating here?
I'd like to take the leftover food home — do you have a container?

Common patterns

  • [thing]を持(も)ち帰(かえ)る: to take [thing] home
  • [place]から[thing]を持(も)ち帰(かえ)る: to bring [thing] back from [place]
  • 仕事(しごと)を持(も)ち帰(かえ)る: to take work home
  • 持(も)ち帰(かえ)って検討(けんとう)する: to take (a proposal) back to consider it (a polite way of not deciding on the spot)

Usage

お持(も)ち帰(かえ)り, with the polite prefix お, is the standard word for takeout food, and the question お持(も)ち帰(かえ)りですか、店内(てんない)でお召(め)し上(あ)がりですか is heard at every counter. テイクアウト is also common, especially on signs.

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