郷

ごう きょう

hometown

近郷

きんごう

neighboring districts, neighbouring districts, countryside

郷軍

ごうぐん さとぐん

veteran, reservist, ex-soldier

同郷

どうきょう

same village, same town, same province

異郷

いきょう

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

郷社

ごうしゃ

village shrine

懐郷

かいきょう

nostalgia, homesickness, longing for home

望郷

ぼうきょう

homesickness, nostalgia

寒郷

かんきょう

poor isolated village

在郷

ざいごう ざいきょう

hometown, rural districts

郷友

きょうゆう

friends from the same hometown

愛郷

あいきょう

love for one's hometown

家郷

かきょう

one's homeland, one's old home

原郷

げんきょう

urheimat; original homeland of a people or of a language

郷学

ごうがく きょうがく

village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)

郷俗

きょうぞく さとぞく

village customs

郷鎮

ごうちん

township and village enterprises (in China); TVE

郷夢

homesickness; dreaming of one's hometown

他郷

たきょう

another place, foreign country