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村里 (むらざと) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

村むら里ざと

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Meanings

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noun

A somewhat literary or formal term for a village, often evoking a rural settlement or community.

山やま里ざとの小ちいさな村むら里ざとを訪たずねた。
I visited a small village in the mountains.

Kanji

村village, town
里ri, village, parent's home

Similar words

村むら
村 is the common everyday word for 'village'. 村里 is more literary and less frequent in casual speech.

Etymology

Compound of 村 (mura, 'village') and 里 (sato, 'village' or 'hometown'). The reading むらざと is a straightforward combination of the kun'yomi readings of the two kanji.