地じ元もと

noun

home area; hometown; one's local area

Refers to the place someone is from, lives in, or strongly identifies with as their own local area. It can be broader than a single town.

• 大だい学がく進しん学がくのために地じ元もとを離はなれた。

  I left my hometown area to go to university.

• 休やすみにはよく地じ元もとに帰かえります。

  I often go back to my hometown area during holidays.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

local

Used before の to describe people, shops, companies, media, products, and events belonging to the area being discussed.

• 地じ元もとの人ひとにおすすめの店みせを聞きいた。

  I asked a local person for a recommended restaurant.

• そのニュースは地じ元もとの新しん聞ぶんに大おおきく載のった。

  The news appeared prominently in the local newspaper.