夜(よる) yoruになって ninatte、家(いえ) ieへ e帰(かえ)っ()た() kaetta。 Night fell, and I went home. Literal Night [to-に]-became, house [to-へ] returned. A simpler version of the nightfall+return-home structure. The te-form になって chains into the final clause. 家へ帰る uses the directional へ for destination. night~になる (become)へ vs に (directional particles)
夜(よる) yoruになって ninatte、家(いえ) ieへ e帰(かえ)っ()た() kaetta。 Night fell, and I went home. Literal Night [to-に]-became, house [to-へ] returned. A simpler version of the nightfall+return-home structure. The te-form になって chains into the final clause. 家へ帰る uses the directional へ for destination. night~になる (become)へ vs に (directional particles)