Meaning
郷里 (きょうり, kyouri) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “birth-place, home town”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 10
彼は 郷里の 母校にお 金を 寄付した
He contributed money to his old school in his hometown.
郷里からカニを 取り寄せました
I had a crab sent from my hometown.
郷里に 先祖 代代の 墓がある
In my hometown there are graves going back many generations.
僕の 郷里の 町は 海に 接している。
My hometown is adjacent to the ocean.
私の 郷里の 町は 海に 接している。
My home town is adjacent to the ocean.
私の郷里は20年前とは大変違っている。
My hometown is very different from 20 years ago.
彼は毎週必ず郷里の父に手紙を書きます。
He always writes a letter to his father at home every week.
彼は 郷里の 両親によく 電話しますか。
Does he often call his parents at home?
彼は「 飛び石」 連休を 利用して 郷里を 訪れた。
He availed himself of the 'off-and-on' holidays to visit his native country.
あそこが彼の郷里です. That's the place where he comes from.彼の郷里は鹿児島です. His home is in Kagoshima.彼の郷里は鹿児島です. He comes [hails] from Kagoshima.郷里制に変わった。
This was the shift to the gorisei (township-neighborhood system).