故郷(こきょう), 古里(ふるさと), 旧(きゅう), 故里(ふるさと), ふるさと, こきょう, きゅうり

furusato, kokyō, kyūri

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • home town; birthplace; old village; historic village; native place; one's old home

郷里(きょうり), きょうり

kyōri

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • birth-place; home town

里(さと), 郷(さと), さと

sato

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • village; hamlet
  • countryside; country
  • home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
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里帰(さとがえ)り, さとがえり

satogaeri

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents

里子(さとご), さとご

satogo

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • foster child

里親(さとおや), さとおや

satōya

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • foster parent; foster parents

人里(ひとざと), ひとざと

hitozato

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • human habitation

里(さと), さとゆき

satoyuki

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • snow that falls on villages

一里塚(いちりづか), いちりづか

ichirizuka

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • milestone (1 ri apart)

里芋(さといも), さといも

satoimo

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo

五里霧中(ごりむちゅう), ごりむちゅう

gorimuchū

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air; mystified; bewildered

里人(さとびと), さとびと, りじん

satobito, rijin

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • villager; village folk; countryfolk

里程(りてい), りていひょう

riteihyō

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • milepost; milestone

里神楽(さとかぐら), さとかぐら

satokagura

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • kagura performance held somewhere other than the imperial palace

里心(さとごころ), さとごころ

satogokoro

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • homesickness; nostalgia

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