望郷の念（ぼうきょうのねん）
JLPT N1 · noun
Meaning: homesickness
Example sentences
- 異国で望郷の念にかられる。 — In a foreign land, he's overcome with homesickness.
- 望郷の念を歌にこめる。 — She pours her longing for home into a song.
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