寒かん郷きょう

noun

poor isolated village

Literary or somewhat old-fashioned term for a remote, impoverished village.

• 彼かれは寒かん郷きょうで育そだったが、都と会かいに出でて成せい功こうした。

  He grew up in a poor isolated village, but moved to the city and succeeded.

noun

one's hometown (humble)

Humble expression used to refer to one's own hometown, often in formal or self-deprecating contexts.

• 私わたしの寒かん郷きょうは、山やまに囲かこまれた小ちいさな村むらです。

  My humble hometown is a small village surrounded by mountains.