Only has a meaning if you have a home to go back to . 帰り着く故郷があってこそです
As he arrived home , the phone rang そして家に帰り着くと すぐに電話が鳴り
Having finished my overtime , i come home at about 9 o'clock ... 「残業を終えて 私が家に帰り着く 9時ごろには...」。
Before long the fisherman returned home to find that his neighborhood was completely changed , and he lived there for many years , equivalent to about thirty-three generations . やがて漁師が郷里に帰り着くと辺りは変わり果て、人間でおよそ三十三代かかるほどの年月が経っていた。