郷きょうきょうFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000じ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1nounhometown; one's native placeOften used in literary or formal contexts; in everyday speech 故郷 (こきょう) or 地元 (じもと) are more common.彼かれは郷きょうを離はなれて都と会かいで働はたらいている。Break this sentence down in the analyzerHe left his hometown and works in the city.2nountownship (in China); rural townshipAdministrative division in China; not used for Japanese townships.中ちゅう国ごくの行ぎょう政せい区く分ぶんでは、郷きょうは県けんの下したに位い置ちする。Break this sentence down in the analyzerIn China's administrative divisions, a township is below the county level.Expressions故こ郷きょう忘ぼうじ難がたしthere is no place like home; home is sweet to an exile