望郷
Japanese
Kanji in this term
望
郷
ぼう
Grade: 4
きょう
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
望鄕
(
kyūjitai
)
Pronunciation
(
Tokyo
)
ぼ
ーきょー
[bòókyóó]
(
Heiban
– [0])
[
1
]
IPA
(key)
:
[bo̞ːkʲo̞ː]
Noun
望
(
ぼう
)
郷
(
きょう
)
• (
bōkyō
)
←
ばうきやう
(
baukyau
)
?
nostalgic
thinking
of one's
hometown
Synonyms
懐郷
(
かいきょう
)
(
kaikyō
)
思郷
(
しきょう
)
(
shikyō
)
References
^
Matsumura, Akira
, editor (
2006
),
大辞林
[
Daijirin
] (in Japanese), Third edition,
Tokyo
:
Sanseidō
,
→ISBN