ふるさと【古里,故郷】 =こきょう 句例 心の古里 《形式》 a place dear to one’s heart; 《形式》 one’s spiritual home 文例 日本に10年住みなれて今や日本は私の古里になった. I have lived in Japan for ten years, and it has become my home. New College Japanese-English Dictionary, 4th edition (C) Kenkyusha Ltd. 1933,1995,1998