ふるさと
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home
2. ruins; historic remains
when read as "ふるさと"
Kanji used
past
hometown
Pitch accent
さと
Composed of
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
village; hamlet; countryside; country
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
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
Examples (40 in total)
How was your hometown?
I miss my hometown.
The Andromeda Galaxy is my home.
This is my hometown.
He dreamed about his home.
My hometown is the best in the world.
Tom went back to his hometown.
He settled down in his native country.
Brazil is my home.
He returned to his native village.
Snow reminds me of my hometown.
London is their second home.
I left home when I was young.
Listening to oldies reminds me of my hometown.
He lives far away from his hometown.
We made our way towards our hometown.
He was never to return to his hometown.
I wrote a letter to my parents at home.
When I hear that song, I think about my hometown.
He left his hometown on a cold morning.
He had no notion of leaving his hometown.
There is a beautiful museum in my hometown.
My hometown is in the center of Kobe.
Tom has written several songs about his hometown.
Japan is, as it were, his second home.
He was never to come back to his hometown.
This view reminds me of my home town.
My home lies far across the sea.
Returning to your hometown after a long time fills you with nostalgia.
Unable to prove his innocence, he was forced to leave his native town.
He came to see me all the way from his hometown.
This picture always reminds me of my hometown.
Last year I returned home and was surprised to find both the village and the people completely changed.
I returned to my hometown after five years' absence.
He visited his hometown for the first time in ten years.
I must return home within a week.
He saw his home-town again only after ten years.
He left his hometown at the age of fifteen never to return.
My home town lies 10 miles south of New York.
When I visited my hometown this summer, I found the city different from what it had been ten years ago.