Illustration: An adult with a travel bag arrives on a quiet street in a Japanese town and pauses outside a familiar family house. In one hand is a childhood photograph showing the same person as a small child beside the house's distinctive stone gatepost.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ふるさと

furusato

hometown

Example sentences

  1. この歌うたを聞きくと、ふるさとの町まちを思おもい出だします。

    This song reminds me of my hometown.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ふるさとが懐なつかしい。

    I miss my hometown.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 今年ことしの夏なつにふるさとを訪おとずれた時とき、街まちが１０年前ねんまえとは違ちがっていたのに気付きづいた。

    When I visited my hometown this summer, I found the city different from what it had been ten years ago.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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