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1 exact word match found in search '故郷'
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Most common form: ふるさと
noun
1. home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home  (often written with kana only)
2. ruins; historic remains  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading ふるさと)
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5 words found beginning with '故郷'
expression, 'u' godan verb
to pine for home
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory  (see also: 故郷に錦を飾る)
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expression
Home is always sweet to an exile  (idiomatic expression)
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Most common form: ふるさと納税
noun
"benefit-your-locality" tax scheme; system in which taxpayers can choose to divert part of their residential tax to a specified local government
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1 word found containing '故郷' in any position
Most common form: 第二のふるさと
expression, noun
one's second home; home away from home
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