郷きょう関かん

noun

one's hometown

Literary and somewhat archaic term for one's hometown or native place. In modern Japanese, 故郷 (こきょう) or 地元 (じもと) are far more common.

• 詩しの中なかで、彼かれは遠とおく離はなれた郷きょう関かんを想おもった。

  In the poem, he longed for his distant hometown.