noun
human habitation; village; settlement
Refers to a place where people live, often used in contrast to wilderness or uninhabited areas. Common in expressions like 人里離れた (remote, far from human habitation).
その山奥には人里がまったくない。
There is no human habitation at all deep in those mountains.
人里離れた場所で静かに暮らしたい。
I want to live quietly in a place far from human habitation.