郷入り

ごういり

Meanings

1. Noun confinement to a secluded hut in one's home domain (i.e.: punishment during the Edo period equivalent to lifelong exile, esp. in the Shōnai domain) See also: 藩 (はん).

Kanji

• 郷 hometown. Read as ゴウ.
• 入 enter. Read as いり.

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