半はん里り

noun

half a ri

A traditional Japanese unit of distance; one ri is about 3.927 km, so half a ri is roughly 1.96 km. Used in historical or literary contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、半はん里りは約やく二にキロメートルに相そう当とうした。

  In the Edo period, half a ri was equivalent to about two kilometers.