repatriation
意味一覧 (2件)
本国送還
解説 Definition
外国にいる人を母国に送還すること。戦争や紛争後の捕虜や難民の帰国、または資産の本国への移転を指す。
Repatriation is the process of returning a person, body, money, or valuable object to their home country. It is a formal word often used in law, migration, war, and finance.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
この意味の `repatriation` は、基本義の「帰国」とは別に、人・遺体・資産などを本来属する国へ正式に戻す「本国送還」を指します。`re-` は「戻す」、`patri-` は `patriot` と同じ「祖国」のイメージ、`-ation` は行為名詞です。`repatriation of refugees` や `repatriation procedures` のように、政府・法律・戦争・移民行政の文脈で出やすい堅い語として覚えるとよいです。
The prefix `re-` means "back," and the middle part connects with `patriot`, which can help you remember the idea of one's home country. The ending `-ation` tells you it is a noun. Learn it in chunks like `repatriation of refugees` or `repatriation of profits` to fix the pattern in memory.
例文
The government arranged repatriation for the earthquake survivors.
政府は地震の生存者の本国送還を手配した。
She studied documents about the repatriation of refugees.
彼女は難民の本国送還に関する文書を調べた。
Repatriation procedures took several weeks to complete.
本国送還の手続きは完了まで数週間かかった。
帰国
(意味 2)解説 Definition
個人や集団が外国での滞在や移動を終え、自国や祖国へ戻ることを表す名詞です。難民や駐在員、海外在住者について、政府の支援や手続きとともに語られることが多く、強制的な送還より中立的に「帰国・帰還」を述べる文脈でも用いられます。
Repatriation is the return of a person or group to their own country after living, working, or staying abroad. It is often used when talking about refugees, workers overseas, or other people who go back with official support or legal procedures. The word is more neutral than words like deportation and simply focuses on returning someone or something to the home country.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
`re-` は「元に戻す」、`patri-` は `patriot` を知っていれば「祖国・母国」のイメージにつながるので、`repatriation` はまず「母国へ戻すこと」とまとめて覚えるとよいです。語尾の `-ation` で名詞だと分かります。`deportation` は追放・国外退去の響きが強いのに対し、こちらは難民・捕虜・遺体・利益などを“本国へ帰す/戻す”文脈で使われやすい語。`repatriation of refugees` や `profits` の形で見ると定着しやすいです。
Break the word into re- + patri- + -ation. Re- means "back," and patri- can remind you of patriot, so repatriation is the act of going back to one's homeland. It is often used for refugees, prisoners, bodies, or profits being returned to the home country, and it sounds more neutral than deportation.
例文
The government announced a repatriation plan for citizens stranded overseas.
政府は海外に足止めされた自国民の帰国計画を発表した。
After the conflict ended, the repatriation of refugees began slowly.
紛争が終わった後、難民の帰国がゆっくりと始まった。
The company discussed the repatriation of profits earned in foreign markets.
その会社は海外市場で得た利益の本国送還について話し合った。
repatriation の語源・成り立ち Etymology
repatriation は re-「元へ」+ patri(a)「祖国」+ -ation「行為」から成る語です。ラテン語 repatriare「祖国へ帰す」にさかのぼり、patria は pater「父」由来なので、「父祖の地へ戻すこと」から本国送還の意味になりました。関連語は patriot, expatriate。
Repatriation comes from Latin repatriare, meaning "to return to one's homeland." It is made from re-, "back," patria, "native land," and the noun ending -ation; patria itself is related to pater, "father." The older sense was returning someone to the land of their fathers, which later developed into the modern idea of sending someone back to their own country. Related English words include patriot and expatriate.
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