送還する
解説 Definition
外国にいる人を母国に送り返すこと。難民や捕虜などを本国に帰還させること。
Repatriate means to send someone back to their own country, or to return something to the country it came from. It is often used for people living abroad, refugees, prisoners, money, or cultural objects. The word is common in legal, political, and international contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
re- は「元へ戻す」、patri- は patriot や patriotic の「祖国」を思い出すとつながります。つまり「祖国へ戻す」で、単なる return より『外国にいる人を本国へ帰す』という公的・国際的な響きが強い語です。repatriate refugees / prisoners / remains の形で覚えると定着しやすく、反対向きの語として expatriate（国外に住む・国外追放する）もセットで区別すると混同しにくいです。
The middle part `patri-` can remind you of `patriot` and `patriotic`, both connected to one’s country. So `repatriate` means send or bring someone back to their home country. It often appears in formal phrases like `repatriate refugees` or `repatriate remains`.
例文
The government agreed to repatriate the refugees once the conflict had ended.
政府は紛争が終結したら難民を送還することに同意した。
The museum decided to repatriate the ancient artifacts to their country of origin.
博物館は古代の遺物を原産国に返還することを決定した。
After the war, efforts were made to repatriate prisoners held in foreign camps.
戦後、外国の収容所に拘留されていた捕虜を本国に送還する努力がなされた。
repatriate の類義語・関連語
repatriate の語源・成り立ち Etymology
後期ラテン語 repatriare「祖国へ戻す」に由来し、re-「再び・元へ」+ patria「祖国」から成ります。字面どおり「国へ返す」で、人や遺物を本国へ送還する意味になりました。関連語は patriot、expatriate。
"Repatriate" comes from Late Latin "repatriare," meaning "to return to one's homeland." It is formed from "re-" meaning "back" and "patria," meaning "native land" or "fatherland." The word kept that basic sense in English, referring to sending a person or something back to their own country; related words include "patriot" and "expatriate."
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