► 名詞
田舎 [いなか] meaning: countryside rank: 2
☆ 田舎の町 ⇨ A town in countryside
田舎 [いなか] [coll] meaning: hometown rank: 2
☆ 彼は田舎に帰った ⇨ He has gone back to his hometown (☛ Only when a hometown is a smaller city. You don’t say Tokyo or Osaka is your いなか)
More examples:
- 田舎は長閑で良いね ⇨ Countryside is peaceful and great
- 子供達は田舎で伸び伸びと育った ⇨ The kids grew up unencumbered in the countryside
- 田舎の素朴な料理 ⇨ Simple country cooking
- 彼等は田舎でひっそりと暮らしている ⇨ They live quietly in countryside
- 田舎で車が故障して酷い目に遭った ⇨ I had a horrible time when my car broke down in the countryside
- 田舎の生活の長所 ⇨ Advantages of country life
- 私は都会よりも田舎に住む方が良い ⇨ I prefer living in a countryside rather than in a big city
- 彼は頻りに田舎に帰りたがっている ⇨ He is really wanting to go back to his hometown
- 無学な田舎者 ⇨ An uneducated country bumpkin
- バスも通わない田舎 ⇨ A countryside where there is not even regular bus service
- お正月に田舎に帰った ⇨ I went to my hometown on New Year
- 彼は田舎に安住の地を見出した ⇨ He’s found a peaceful place to live in the countryside
- 私は田舎育ちだから都会は苦手だ ⇨ I grew up in countryside, so I’m not very comfortable in big cities
- 多くの人が田舎を出て都会に移り住む ⇨ Many people move out of countryside and move to big cities
- 彼は田舎者とバカにされた ⇨ He was taunted as a country bumpkin