ゴウ
Meanings
Noun
1. countryside; country
2. 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
one's hometown
country samurai
beautiful riverside location; lakeside district; canal district
villages
being in one's hometown
veteran; reservist; ex-soldier
village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)
village shrine
village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)
township-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
township and village enterprises (in China); TVE
confinement to a secluded hut in one's home domain; punishment during the Edo period equivalent to lifelong exile, esp. in the Shōnai domain