近郷近在

きんごうきんざい

surrounding country, neighboring villages

郷

ごう きょう

hometown

本郷

ほんごう

one's hometown

郷党

きょうとう

people from one's hometown

出郷

しゅっきょう

leaving one's home town, priest going out to teach

離郷

りきょう

departure from one's home town

郷士

ごうし

country samurai

郷村

ごうそん ごうむら

villages

他郷

たきょう

another place, foreign country

水郷

すいごう

beautiful riverside location, lakeside district, canal district

郷愁

きょうしゅう

nostalgia, homesickness

故郷

ふるさと こきょう きゅうり

home town, birthplace, native place, one's old home

郷邑

きょうゆう

hamlet, village

郷軍

ごうぐん さとぐん

veteran, reservist, ex-soldier

愛郷

あいきょう

love for one's hometown

懐郷

かいきょう

nostalgia, homesickness, longing for home

異郷

いきょう

foreign country, foreign land, strange land, far-off land

同郷

どうきょう

same village, same town, same province

郷社

ごうしゃ

village shrine