故郷
N3こきょう kokyou
- home town
- birthplace
- old village
- 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。
- 久しぶりに故郷に帰ると、懐かしい気持ちが込み上がる。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"
}
}