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    3. 郷愁

    郷愁

    郷きょう愁しゅう

    nostalgia

    N1KMT9News #21+1CoreNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab24 strokes

    きょうしゅう

    Noun

    1.
    nostalgia, homesickness

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    故こ郷きょうを離はなれて、郷きょう愁しゅうを感かんじた。

    After leaving my hometown, I felt homesickness.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    異い国こくの地ちで暮くらすと、時とき々どき、日に本ほんの食たべ物ものに郷きょう愁しゅうを覚おぼえる。

    When living in a foreign land, I sometimes feel nostalgia for Japanese food.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyFood & Dining
    古ふるい写しゃ真しんを見みると、子こ供どもの頃ころの郷きょう愁しゅうに駆かられる。

    Looking at old photos, I'm overcome with nostalgia for my childhood.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれの小しょう説せつには、失うしなわれた時じ代だいへの深ふかい郷きょう愁しゅうが描えがかれている。

    His novel depicts a deep nostalgia for a lost era.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyLiterature
    昔むかしの歌うたを聴きくと、甘あま酸ずっぱい郷きょう愁しゅうが胸むねに広ひろがる。

    When I listen to old songs, a bittersweet nostalgia spreads through my chest.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyMusic & Entertainment

    Kanji that make up this word

    郷
    さと…(3)
    home town・village・native place・district
    愁
    うれ.える・うれ.い…(1)
    distress・grieve・lament・be anxious
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