近郷近在

きんごうきんざい

surrounding country, neighboring villages

郷

ごう きょう

hometown

離郷

りきょう

departure from one's home town

故郷

ふるさと こきょう きゅうり

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

寒郷

かんきょう

poor isolated village

郷愁

きょうしゅう

nostalgia, homesickness

郷里

きょうり

birth-place, home town

在郷

ざいごう ざいきょう

hometown, rural districts

家郷

かきょう

one's homeland, one's old home

郷軍

ごうぐん さとぐん

veteran, reservist, ex-soldier

水郷

すいごう

beautiful riverside location, lakeside district, canal district

他郷

たきょう

another place, foreign country

本郷

ほんごう

one's hometown

郷土

きょうど

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

郷邑

きょうゆう

hamlet, village

郷社

ごうしゃ

village shrine

郷党

きょうとう

people from one's hometown

郷関

きょうかん

one's hometown

郷国

きょうこく

one's native land