Keyword
hometown
Info
FrequencyTop 1200-1300
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 5
Heisig1993
Old form
Readings
さと
(35%)
ごう
(9%)
Composed of
cocoon thread
sun
arm of a bodybuilder
small village
Mnemonic

My hometown is a small village where I grew up as though I was in a cocoon isolated from the rest of the world, spending my days under the sun getting strong like a bodybuilder.

Used in kanji (2 in total)
echo
feast
Used in vocabulary (79 in total)
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
village; hamlet; countryside; country
birth-place; home town
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
nostalgia; homesickness
hometown; rural township (of China)
same village; same town; same province
one's hometown
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
homecoming; return to one's home
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
country samurai
regional cuisine; local cuisine
neighboring districts; neighbouring districts; countryside
homesickness; nostalgia
people from one's hometown
love for one's hometown
hot-spring village; onsen village
person from the same province, town, village, etc.
when in Rome, do as the Romans do
one's homeland; one's old home
another place; foreign country
hometown; rural districts
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
beautiful riverside location; lakeside district; canal district
one's native land
veteran; reservist; ex-soldier
fairyland; enchanted land
surrounding country; neighboring villages
love of one's hometown
nostalgia; homesickness; longing for home
village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)
departure from one's home town
foreigner; expatriate
love for one's hometown
one's hometown
village shrine
leaving one's home town; priest going out to teach
When in Rome, do as the Romans do
local color; local colour
folk toy; traditional toy
urheimat; original homeland of a people or of a language
utopia; (natural) paradise
friends from the same hometown
local cuisine; regional cuisine
there is no place like home; home is sweet to an exile
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
hometown tax; system in which taxpayers can choose to divert part of their residential tax to a specified local government
village customs
hamlet; village
rustic; countryman
township and village enterprises (in China); TVE
township-neighbourhood system (redefining the province-district-neighbourhood system, establishing 50-home townships of 2-3 neighbourhoods each; 715-740 CE)
social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)
poor isolated village; one's hometown
township and village enterprises (in China); TVE
one's second home; home away from home
Sangō Station (Nara)
Hongō Station (Nagoya)
Examples (60 in total)
I returned to my hometown after five years' absence.
This is my hometown.
This view reminds me of my home town.