望郷

Japanese

Kanji in this term
望	郷
ぼう Grade: 4	きょう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
望鄕 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぼーきょー [bòókyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [bo̞ːkʲo̞ː]

Noun

望(ぼう)郷(きょう) • (bōkyō) ^{←ばうきやう (baukyau)^?}

nostalgic thinking of one's hometown

Synonyms

懐郷(かいきょう) (kaikyō)
思郷(しきょう) (shikyō)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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