郷きょう夢む

noun

homesickness; dreaming of one's hometown

Literary word for nostalgic longing for one's hometown, often appearing in poetry or classical prose. The second gloss 'dreaming of one's hometown' is a more literal reading of the kanji, but in practice the word conveys a general sense of homesickness.

• 彼かれの詩しには郷きょう夢むの念ねんがにじんでいる。

  His poems are tinged with a feeling of homesickness.

• 旅たび先さきで見みた夢ゆめは、まさに郷きょう夢むだった。

  The dream I had while traveling was truly a dream of my hometown.