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故こ郷きょう

N3
こきょう kokyou
  1. home town
  2. birthplace
  3. old village
  4. historic village
noun

Chinese meanings

故乡;家乡

Examples

  • 故郷の老いた両親のことを考えて見るべきだ。
    You must think of your old parents at home.
    应该想想故乡年迈的父母。
  • 久ひさしぶりに故こ郷きょうに帰かえると、懐なつかしい気き持もちが込こみ上あがる。
    Returning to your hometown after a long time fills you with nostalgia.
    久违地回到故乡,怀念之情涌上心头。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('bc21114bf3'); // 故郷
{
  "id": "bc21114bf3",
  "word": "故郷",
  "reading": "こきょう",
  "romaji": "kokyou",
  "meanings": [
    "home town",
    "birthplace",
    "old village",
    "historic village"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 2853884,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "故郷の老いた両親のことを考えて見るべきだ。",
      "en": "You must think of your old parents at home.",
      "tatoeba_id": 77333
    },
    {
      "ja": "久しぶりに故郷に帰ると、懐かしい気持ちが込み上がる。",
      "furigana": "{久|ひさ}しぶりに{故郷|こきょう}に{帰|かえ}ると、{懐|なつ}かしい{気持|きも}ちが{込|こ}み{上|あ}がる。",
      "en": "Returning to your hometown after a long time fills you with nostalgia.",
      "tatoeba_id": 12179643
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "e34d2d72d8b832a0f03d876f8f040eca089a25c1f15b7fa602997693b43416db",
    "meanings": [
      "故乡",
      "家乡"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "故郷の老いた両親のことを考えて見るべきだ。",
        "zh": "应该想想故乡年迈的父母。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "久しぶりに故郷に帰ると、懐かしい気持ちが込み上がる。",
        "zh": "久违地回到故乡,怀念之情涌上心头。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/bc21114bf3",
      "JMdict ent_seq 2853884; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "79a5221781adb0d06ec5c8cc54dd3df190e279df5e66de6eb031c9b231daf1f8"
  }
}