ホームグラウンド
also: ホームグランド · ホーム・グラウンド · ホーム・グランド
Meanings
1
home ground; home field
Sports term for a team's home stadium or field.
Our team plays the match on our home ground.
2
one's haunt; one's turf; one's domain
Extended use: a place where one feels at home or is a regular, such as a favorite bar or hangout.
That izakaya is his home turf.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉をホームグラウンドにするto make a place one's home turf/hangout
He's made this coffee shop his regular hangout.
- ホームグラウンドで試合をするto play a match on one's home field
The team played a match on their home field for the first time in a while.
- 〈人〉のホームグラウンドだto be someone's home turf/haunt
This neighborhood has long been his turf.