郷里制

ごうりせい

township-neighbourhood system (redefining the province-district-neighbourhood system, establishing 50-home townships of 2-3 neighbourhoods each; 715-740 CE)

郷

ごう きょう

hometown

里

さと り

Japanese league, ri, old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles

里地里山

さとちさとやま

mountain villages and neighbouring agricultural, forest, etc. areas

本郷

ほんごう

one's hometown

離郷

りきょう

departure from one's home town

他郷

たきょう

another place, foreign country

水郷

すいごう

beautiful riverside location, lakeside district, canal district

郷党

きょうとう

people from one's hometown

郷士

ごうし

country samurai

郷夢

homesickness; dreaming of one's hometown

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

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

郷土

きょうど

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

帰郷

ききょう

homecoming, return to one's home

寒郷

かんきょう

poor isolated village

望郷

ぼうきょう

homesickness, nostalgia