Nouncountryside; country · 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

Nounnostalgia; homesickness

Nounnative place; birth-place; one's old home · province; region; locality

Nounhometown; birthplace

Nounveteran; reservist; ex-soldier

Nouncountry samurai

Nounvillage shrine

Nounone's native land

Nounpeople from one's hometown

Nounone's hometown

Nounvillage customs

Nounhamlet; village

Nounvillages

Nounfriends from the same hometown

Nounvillage school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)

Nountownship and village enterprises (in China); TVE

Nounhomesickness; dreaming of one's hometown

Nounvillage school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)

Nounlocal history

Nounlocal color; local colour

Nounlove for one's hometown

Nountownship-neighbourhood system; system in use between 715-740 CE which redefined the province-district-neighbourhood system, establishing 50-home townships of 2-3 neighbourhoods each

Nounsocial organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)

Nounlocal cuisine; regional cuisine

Nounconfinement to a secluded hut in one's home domain; punishment during the Edo period equivalent to lifelong exile, esp. in the Shōnai domain

Nounlocal story

Nounregional cuisine; local cuisine

Nounfolk literature

Nounfolk entertainment

Nountownship and village enterprises (in China); TVE

Nounfolk toy; traditional toy

Nounlocal collection (of a library); local materials; local artefacts

Nounfolk museum; local history museum

Nounlocal history museum

Nounlocal history museum

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)When in Rome, do as the Romans do

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)when in Rome, do as the Romans do

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)when in Rome, do as the Romans do

Nouncountry; state · region · national government; central government

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