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郷愁きょうしゅう (kyoushuu)

nostalgia, homesickness

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Meaning

郷愁 (きょうしゅう, kyoushuu) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “nostalgia, homesickness”.

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Example sentences 7

私わたしは年末ねんまつになると郷愁きょうしゅうにかられる

I feel nostalgic at the end of the year.

彼はパリ時代を思い返して郷愁を感じた.

He looked back with nostalgia on the days when he lived in Paris.

管弦楽かんげんがく団だんは郷愁きょうしゅうに満みちた音楽おんがくを演奏えんそうし始はじめた。

The orchestra struck up nostalgic music.

郷愁きょうしゅうにふける時とき、私わたし達たちは子供こども時代じだいをこの上うえなく幸福こうふくな時期じきと考かんがえる傾向けいこうがあるかもしれない。

In nostalgic moments we may tend to think of childhood as a time of almost unbroken happiness.

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