- 1. [n, vs, vi] returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay)
- 2. [n, vs, vi] bride's first visit to her parents after getting married
- 3. [n, vs, vi] coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad)
- 4. [n, vs, vi] temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant) (arch)
Conjugation — Noun + する (suru-verb)
| Dictionary form | さとがえりする | (satogaerisuru) |
| Polite | さとがえりします | (satogaerishimasu) |
| Past, plain | さとがえりした | (satogaerishita) |
| Past, polite | さとがえりしました | (satogaerishimashita) |
| Negative, plain | さとがえりしない | (satogaerishinai) |
| Negative, polite | さとがえりしません | (satogaerishimasen) |
| Past negative, plain | さとがえりしなかった | (satogaerishinakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | さとがえりしませんでした | (satogaerishimasendeshita) |
| Te-form | さとがえりして | (satogaerishite) |
| Potential | さとがえりできる | (satogaeridekiru) |
| Volitional | さとがえりしよう | (satogaerishiyou) |
| Conditional (―ba) | さとがえりすれば | (satogaerisureba) |
| Passive | さとがえりされる | (satogaerisareru) |
| Causative | さとがえりさせる | (satogaerisaseru) |
| Imperative | さとがえりしろ | (satogaerishiro) |