[かえる, kaeru](v5r, vi) (1) (See 返る・1) to return; to come home; to go home; to go back; (2) (of a guest, customer, etc.) to leave; (3) (of a baseball player rounding the bases) to get home; (P)#9488[Add to Longdo]
[かえるのめかりどき;かえるのめかるどき(かえるの目借時;蛙の目借時);かわずのめかりどき(蛙の目借時;蛙の目借り時), kaerunomekaridoki ; kaerunomekarudoki ( kaeruno me shaku toki ; kaeru no me shaku t](exp) springtime mating of frogs (haiku term)[Add to Longdo]
[かえるまた, kaerumata](n) curved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evocates an open-legged frog)[Add to Longdo]