生しょう国ごく

noun

one's native country; land of one's birth

A somewhat formal or literary term for the country where one was born. In everyday speech, 母国 (ぼこく) or 出身国 (しゅっしんこく) are more common.

• 彼かれは生しょう国ごくを離はなれて十じゅう年ねんになる。

  It has been ten years since he left his native country.

• 生しょう国ごくの文ぶん化かを忘わすれてはいけない。

  You must not forget the culture of your homeland.