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N2 Noun

郷里(きょうり)birth-place, home town

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    1. Noun

      1.

      hometown, birthplace

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    郷里 【きょうり】

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      郷里(きょうり)(わたし)安心(あんしん)する場所(ばしょ)です。

      My hometown is a place where I feel at ease. {birth-place, home town}

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      (わたし)郷里(きょうり)()都心(としん)()みたい。

      I want to leave my hometown and live in the city center. {birth-place, home town}

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      大学(だいがく)()くために郷里(きょうり)(はな)れるつもりだ。

      I plan to leave my hometown to go to university. {birth-place, home town}

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      郷里(きょうり)からの(かえ)りがけに(はは)から手作(てづく)りの煮物(にもの)()けてもらった。

      On my way back from my hometown, my mother gave me some of her homemade stew. {birth-place, home town}

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      異国(いこく)()から郷里(きょうり)(かえ)ってきた途端(とたん)安堵(あんど)から(なみだ)(なが)すところでした。

      The moment I returned to my hometown from a foreign land, I was on the verge of tears from relief. {birth-place, home town}

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