ふるさと – Vocabulary details

ふるさと

Meanings

Noun

Usually written in kana

1. home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home

2. ruins; historic remains

when read as "ふるさと"

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

ふ

る

さと

Used in: 495

Composed of

ふる

used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous

さと

village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

Used in vocabulary (6 in total)

ふるさと納のう税ぜい

hometown tax; system in which taxpayers can choose to divert part of their residential tax to a specified local government

ふるさとににしきをかざる

to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory

ふるさとのうぜい

hometown tax; system in which taxpayers can choose to divert part of their residential tax to a specified local government

ふるさとへにしきをかざる

to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory

第だい二にのふるさと

one's second home; home away from home

だいにのふるさと

one's second home; home away from home

Examples (40 in total)

ふるさとはどうだった？

How was your hometown?

ふるさとが恋こいしいな。

I miss my hometown.

アンドロメダ銀ぎん河がはふるさとです。

The Andromeda Galaxy is my home.