郷

ごう きょう

hometown

寒

かん さむ さぶ

cold

大寒小寒

おおさむこさむ

first verse of a nursery rhyme sung by children on cold days (similar to "It's Raining, It's Pouring")

郷党

きょうとう

people from one's hometown

本郷

ほんごう

one's hometown

離郷

りきょう

departure from one's home town

郷士

ごうし

country samurai

故郷

ふるさと こきょう きゅうり

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

出郷

しゅっきょう

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

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

郷里

きょうり

birth-place, home town

郷邑

きょうゆう

hamlet, village

郷土

きょうど

native place, birth-place, one's old home

郷関

きょうかん

one's hometown

郷国

きょうこく

one's native land

郷軍

ごうぐん さとぐん

veteran, reservist, ex-soldier