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郷里 (きょうり): birth-place, home town — Japanese vocabulary

郷里 is read きょうり and means "birth-place, home town". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

郷里

Reading
きょうり · kyouri
Translation
birth-place, home town
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
きょうりが

Example

私の郷里の町は海に接している。

わたしのきょうりのまちはうみにせっしている。

My home town is adjacent to the ocean.

Kanji in this word

  • 郷 — hometown
  • 里 — village, league

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