Moto 郷: Home Town; Village; Native PlaceKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キョウ、ゴウ
- Kun'yomi
- さと
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 72 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キョウ・ゴウ)
- 郷土きょうどnative place; birth-place
- 郷里きょうりbirth-place; home town
- 郷愁きょうしゅうnostalgia; homesickness
- 同郷どうきょうsame village; same town
- 在郷軍人ざいごうぐんじんreservist
- 帰郷ききょうhomecoming; return to one's home
- 望郷ぼうきょうhomesickness; nostalgia
- 水郷すいごうbeautiful riverside location; lakeside district
- 温泉郷おんせんきょうhot-spring village; onsen village
- 理想郷りそうきょうideal land; earthly paradise
- 異郷いきょうforeign country; foreign land
- 郷土色きょうどしょくlocal color; local colour
- 他郷たきょうanother place; foreign country
- 仙郷せんきょうfairyland; enchanted land
- 出郷しゅっきょうleaving one's home town; priest going out to teach
- 原郷げんきょうurheimat; original homeland of a people or of a language
- 同郷人どうきょうじんperson from the same province, town, village, etc.
- 在郷ざいごうhometown; rural districts
- 在郷者ざいごうしゃrustic; countryman
- 在郷軍人会ざいごうぐんじんかいassociation of reservists
- 在郷軍人病ざいごうぐんじんびょうLegionnaires' disease
- 大西郷だいさいごうthe Great Saigo
- 家郷かきょうone's homeland; one's old home
- 寒郷かんきょうpoor isolated village
- 愛郷あいきょうlove for one's hometown
- 愛郷心あいきょうしんlove of one's hometown
- 懐郷かいきょうnostalgia; homesickness
- 懐郷病かいきょうびょうhomesickness
- 故郷に錦を飾るこきょうににしきをかざるto come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
- 故郷へ錦を飾るこきょうへにしきをかざるto come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
- 故郷を慕うこきょうをしたうto pine for home
- 故郷忘じ難しこきょうぼうじがたしthere is no place like home; home is sweet to an exile
- 望郷の念ぼうきょうのねんsense of nostalgia
- 本郷ほんごうone's hometown
- 桃源郷とうげんきょうearthly paradise; Shangri-la
- 生まれ故郷うまれこきょうone's birthplace
- 異郷人いきょうじんforeigner; expatriate
- 第二の故郷だいにのこきょうone's second home; home away from home
- 近郷きんごうneighboring districts; neighbouring districts
- 近郷近在きんごうきんざいsurrounding country; neighboring villages
- 郷に入っては郷に従えごうにいってはごうにしたがえwhen in Rome, do as the Romans do
- 郷に入らば郷に従えごうにいらばごうにしたがえWhen in Rome, do as the Romans do
- 郷に入れば郷に従えごうにいればごうにしたがえwhen in Rome, do as the Romans do
- 郷俗きょうぞくvillage customs
- 郷党きょうとうpeople from one's hometown
- 郷友きょうゆうfriends from the same hometown
- 郷友会きょうゆうかいsocial organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)
- 郷国きょうこくone's native land
- 郷土博物館きょうどはくぶつかんfolk museum
- 郷土史きょうどしlocal history
- 郷土小説きょうどしょうせつlocal story
- 郷土愛きょうどあいlove for one's hometown
- 郷土文学きょうどぶんがくfolk literature
- 郷土料理きょうどりょうりregional cuisine; local cuisine
- 郷土玩具きょうどがんぐfolk toy; traditional toy
- 郷土芸能きょうどげいのうfolk entertainment
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 故郷ふるさとhome town; birthplace
- 故郷納税ふるさとのうぜいhometown tax; system in which taxpayers can choose to divert part of their residential tax to a specified local government
- 無何有の郷むかうのさとutopia; (natural) paradise
- 郷さとvillage; hamlet
Showing the 60 most common of 72 words. See them all in the graph.
Kanji that often appear with 郷
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