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Definition of 里

さと(sato) 【 里 ·郷 】

里郷 Kanji

  1. (n) village; hamlet
  2. countryside; country
  3. home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
  4. one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past →Related words: 御里
り(ri) 【 里 】

里 Kanji

  1. (n) ri (old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles)

    １００里を行く者は９９里を半ばとする。
    There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

  2. neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes) →Related words: 郷里制 , 国郡里制
  3. unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m) →Related words: 条里制

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