homesickness; dreaming of one's hometown
Literary word for nostalgic longing for one's hometown, often appearing in poetry or classical prose. The second gloss 'dreaming of one's hometown' is a more literal reading of the kanji, but in practice the word conveys a general sense of homesickness.
His poems are tinged with a feeling of homesickness.
The dream I had while traveling was truly a dream of my hometown.
Compound of 郷 (hometown) and 夢 (dream). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the word is a classical Chinese-derived compound (kango) that entered Japanese literary usage.