故こ郷きょう

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Refers to the place where one was born and raised, often with nostalgic or emotional overtones. More formal and literary than ふるさと.

故こ郷きょうを離はなれるto leave one's hometown
大だい学がくに入はいるため、故こ郷きょうを離はなれた。
I left my hometown to go to university.
故こ郷きょうに帰かえるto return to one's hometown
正しょう月がつには故こ郷きょうに帰かえる予よ定ていです。
I plan to return to my hometown for New Year's.
故こ郷きょうが恋こいしいto feel homesick for one's hometown
海かい外がいに住すんでいると、故こ郷きょうが恋こいしくなる。
Living abroad, I start to miss my hometown.
故こ郷きょうを思おもうto think fondly of one's hometown
遠とおく離はなれた故こ郷きょうを思おもう。
I think fondly of my faraway hometown.

ふるさとN3
故郷 is a more formal, literary word for one's hometown, while ふるさと is the everyday, emotionally warm term for the same idea.
郷きょう里りN1
故郷 and 郷里 both mean 'hometown' in formal or literary contexts, but 郷里 sounds even more old-fashioned and is often used in biographical or address contexts.
出しゅっ身しん地ちN3
故郷 carries emotional attachment to one's birthplace, whereas 出身地 is a neutral, factual term used on forms or in self-introductions to state where one is from.
郷きょう土どN1
故郷 emphasizes personal nostalgia for one's birthplace and is common in literary or emotional speech, while 郷土 is more neutral and often used in compounds like 郷土料理.

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古ふる巣す
故郷 specifically means one's hometown or birthplace, while 古巣 is broader and can refer to any former familiar place, team, or workplace.
郷きょう
故郷 is the everyday, standard word for 'hometown', while 郷 is a more literary, less frequent term for the same idea.
生せい家か
故郷 refers broadly to one's hometown or native region, whereas 生家 specifically means the actual house one was born in.
祖そ国こく
故郷 refers to one's hometown or birthplace on a personal, local level, whereas 祖国 refers to the entire nation of origin.
出しゅっ身しんN3
故郷 names the actual hometown or native place itself, while 出身 describes the background or origin one comes from, not the place per se.
母ぼ国こくN1
故郷 refers to one's specific hometown or birthplace, while 母国 refers to the entire country of one's nationality or birth.

実じっ家かN3
実家 refers specifically to one's parents' house or family home, while 故郷 refers more broadly to the town or region where one grew up.
故こ国こく
故郷 refers to one's hometown or home region, while 故国 refers to one's entire home country, so the two differ in scope despite both meaning 'home'.

Compound of 故 (old, former) and 郷 (village, hometown). The reading こきょう is the on'yomi of both characters.