► 名詞
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)
出身 [しゅっしん] meaning: hometown rank: 2
☆ 彼は東京出身だ ⇨ He is from Tokyo, was born and grew up in Tokyo
故郷 [(2)ふるさと] meaning: hometown rank: 2
☆ 故郷が懐かしい ⇨ I miss my hometown (☛ Only a hometown in a smaller city. You don’t say 東京が故郷)
国 [(2)くに] [coll] meaning: hometown rank: 3
☆ 彼は国に帰った ⇨ He went back to his hometown (☛ Typically a hometown in countryside)
故郷 [(1)こきょう] meaning: hometown rank: 3
☆ 故郷が懐かしい ⇨ I miss my hometown (☛ Usually only about a smaller town. You don’t call Tokyo 故郷)
里 [(2)さと] meaning: hometown rank: 4
☆ 里のお袋 ⇨ My mom back in my hometown (☛ Typically home in a countryside)
里帰り [(3)さとがえり] meaning: hometown rank: 4
☆ 彼は久し振りに里帰りした ⇨ He made a first homecoming in a long time (☛ A returning to home, typically in a countryside)