~の帰り - what does this mean?


> 会社の帰りに本屋に寄るのが楽しみです

Does this means `on the way back to company` or `start from company, and back
to some where else` ?

And also why use `に` after `帰り`, what does that mean?




Aの帰り means "on a way to my home from A", because 帰る not only means go back,
but usually also mean go back to your home. 会社の帰りに本屋を寄るのが楽しみです means "I enjoy
dropping by a bookstore on the way to go back my home from the company."

The equivalent word of に in English is "at". You use に in this case because
you drop by a bookstore "at" the moment you are going back to your home.




会社の帰りに usually means 会社から帰る時に, or 'on the way home (from the company)'.

帰り here is a noun meaning `the way back` or `return`, while 行【い】き means the
opposite.

> 学校の行きと帰りに本を読む  
>  To read a book on the way to and from school

