郷里

きょうり

birth-place, home town

条里制

じょうりせい じょうさとせい

system of land subdivision in ancient Japan

国郡里制

こくぐんりせい

province-district-neighbourhood system (system of administrative divisions under the ritsuryo; 1 neighbourhood=~50 homes, 1 district=2-20 neighbourhoods)

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

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