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里 り

  1. Japanese league; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles; ri
  2. neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes)
  3. unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)

里 さと

  1. hamlet; village
  2. country; countryside
  3. home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
  4. one's origins; one's past; one's upbringing

里子 さとご

  1. foster child
  2. adopted animal (e.g. pet)

里帰り さとがえり

  1. returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay)
  2. bride's first visit to her parents after getting married
  3. coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad)
  4. temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)

里親 さとおや

  1. foster parent; foster parents
  2. (pet) caretaker

里づくり さとづくり

  1. rural community activation; rural community development

里人 さとびと

  1. countryfolk; village folk; villager

里偏 さとへん

  1. kanji "village" radical

里内裏 さとだいり

  1. imperial palace temporarily built outside of the great imperial palace (Heian period)

里地 さとち

  1. mountain village (region)
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