Vocab Info
N3 Noun
故郷home town, birthplace, native place, one's old home, ruins, historic remains
Dictionary Definition
Noun
1.
hometown, birthplace, native place, one's old home
Usually written using kana alone,See Also:
Noun
2.
ruins, historic remains
Archaic
All Forms
故郷 【ふるさと】、ふる里 【ふるさと】、古里 【ふるさと】、故里 【ふるさと】、旧里 【ふるさと】、旧里 【きゅうり】
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あなたの故郷はどこですか?
Where is your hometown?
僕と彼女の故郷は同じだそうだ。
She said she and I share the same hometown.
仕事のために仕方なく故郷を離れる事にしました。
I had no choice but to leave my hometown for work.
二年ぶりに故郷へ戻った。ところが何もかもが変わっていた。
I returned to my hometown for the first time in two years. However, everything had changed.
父によると、私たちの故郷は過疎化のせいでどんどん人口が減っているそうだ。
According to my father, our hometown is becoming less and less populated due to depopulation.
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