里 — ri, village, parent's home

Common words with 里

• 里りJapanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 mi…Common

  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.

• 千里せんり1000 ri; (a) long distanceCommon

  都合の悪いこと、そうそう隠しとおせるもんじゃないよ。悪事千里を行く、っていうだろう。
  You can't hide the fact that you're having a hard time. Bad news travels fast you know.

• 郷里きょうりhometown; birthplaceCommon

  私の郷里の町は海に接している。
  My home town is adjacent to the ocean.

• 万里ばんりgreat distance; thousands of miles; ten thousand riCommon
• 里子さとごfoster childCommon
• 里帰りさとがえりreturning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's par…Common
• 里親さとおやfoster parent; foster parentsCommon
• 一里塚いちりづかmilestone (1 ri apart)Common
• 山里やまざとmountain hamlet; mountain villageOccasional
• 人里ひとざとvillage; human habitation; human settlementOccasional
• 里山さとやまsatoyama; rural landscape coexisting with local agricultural communitiesOccasional
• 里さとvillage; hamletRare
• 一里いちり2.44 milesRare
• 方里ほうりsquare riRare
• 里道りどうnon-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)Rare
• 里地さとちmountain village (region)Rare
• 里犬さといぬpet dog; domesticated dogRare
• 里海さとうみprotected undeveloped coastline near populated areas; section of ocean that coe…Rare
• 親里おやざとthe home of one's parentsRare
• 里村さとむらvillageRare

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