里

Meaning

里 centers on a settled place where people live and belong: a village, one's hometown or parent's home. The league and ri (distance unit) senses are historical extensions from the idea of a measured community area.

• 里り

  Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles

• 加里カリ

  potassium

• 里親さとおや

  foster parent; foster parents

• 千里せんり

  1000 ri; (a) long distance

• 万里ばんり

  thousands of miles

• 里子さとご

  foster child

• 里山さとやま

  undeveloped woodland near populated area

• 山里やまざと

  mountain hamlet; mountain village

• 人里ひとざと

  village; human habitation; human settlement

• 里帰りさとがえり

  returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay)

• 海里かいり

  nautical mile

• 里芋さといも

  taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo

• 千里眼せんりがん

  clairvoyance; second sight

• 郷里きょうり
  N1

  hometown; birthplace

• お里おさと

  one's parents' home

• 隠れ里かくれざと

  hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village

• 一里塚いちりづか

  milestone (1 ri apart)

• 北里大学きたさとだいがく

  Kitasato University

• 五里霧中ごりむちゅう

  totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air; mystified; bewildered

• 里人さとびと

  villager; village folk; countryfolk

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