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田舎  [いなか]  [coll]    meaning:  hometown  rank: 2
☆ 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)

出身  [しゅっしん]    meaning:  hometown  rank: 2
☆ 東京出身だ ⇨ He is from Tokyo, was born and grew up in Tokyo

故郷  [(2)ふるさと]    meaning:  hometown  rank: 2
☆ 故郷がかしい ⇨ I miss my hometown  (☛ Only a hometown in a smaller city. You don’t say 東京が故郷)

  [(2)くに]  [coll]    meaning:  hometown  rank: 3
☆ は国に帰った ⇨ He went back to his hometown  (☛ Typically a hometown in countryside)

故郷  [(1)こきょう]    meaning:  hometown  rank: 3
☆ 故郷がかしい ⇨ I miss my hometown  (☛ Usually only about a smaller town. You don’t call Tokyo 故郷)

  [(2)さと]    meaning:  hometown  rank: 4
☆ 里のお ⇨ My mom back in my hometown  (☛ Typically home in a countryside)

里帰り  [(3)さとがえり]    meaning:  hometown  rank: 4
☆ 振りに里帰りした ⇨ He made a first homecoming in a long time  (☛ A returning to home, typically in a countryside)