郷里|きょうりkyouri[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounhometown; birthplace
   私の郷里きょうりの町まちは海うみに接せっしている。↗

   My home town is adjacent to the ocean.

• SynonymふるさとNeutralCarries warm, nostalgic feeling for one's hometown and is common in speech; 「郷里」 is more written in tone and states the fact objectively.
• Related出身地しゅっしんちNeutralForm-like term for the place one comes from, where one was born or grew up; 「郷里」 evokes the lived feel of one's home region.
• Related生まれうまれNeutralRefers to one's birth or origin, as in 「大阪生まれ」; 「郷里」 is the hometown land itself.
• Related出生地しゅっしょうちWrittenWritten term for the place where one was born, typical of official documents; 「郷里」 means one's hometown.
• Related生国しょうごくWrittenWritten, old-fashioned word for the country of one's birth; in daily speech 「出身地」 is the usual choice.
• Related旧里きゅうりWrittenRare, written word for one's old home; everyday speech prefers 「故郷」, and 「郷里」 is likewise literary.
• Antonym他郷たきょうWrittenStands opposite 「郷里」 in the hometown-versus-away-from-home contrast; it means a strange land far from home.

Use 「郷里」 in written style for one's hometown, as in 「郷里に帰る」. For nostalgic feeling choose 「故郷」; on forms asking your origin, 「出身地」; for the birthplace on documents, 「出生地」. The antonym is 「他郷」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 集落しゅうらく。村落そんらく。
2. 生うまれ故郷こきょう。
3. 周礼しゅらいに記しるされる周代しゅうだいの地方ちほう制度せいどである郷さと遂すい制せいにおける郷さとや遂すいの集落しゅうらく。