里

さと り

• village; hamlet n
• countryside; country n
• home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown n
• one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past n
• Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles n
• neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes) n
• unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m) n

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Kanji

里

リ

さと

ri; village; parent's home; league

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Synonyms

郷里制

ごうりせい

• township-neighbourhood system (redefining the province-district-neighbourhood system, establishing 50-home townships of 2-3 neighbourhoods each; 715-740 CE) n

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国郡里制

こくぐんりせい

• province-district-neighbourhood administrative divisions (ritsuryo system) n

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条里制

じょうりせい

• system of land subdivision in ancient Japan n

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