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里 Unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m) - Japanese Dictionary Lookup
里
English: Unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
Onyomi:
リ
Kunyomi:
さと
Nanori: さ
Romaji:
ri
ri
sato
Radical: 釆
Kanji: 里 (7 Strokes)
Grade Level: 2
JLPT Level: JLPT 1
Frequency Rank: 1096
Part of Speech: noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

きたさとだいがく :: 北里大学 Kitasato University

アリババ :: 阿里巴巴 Alibaba

きたざとだいがく :: 北里大学 Kitazato University

せんりきんらんだいがく :: 千里金蘭大学 Senri Kinran University

くりはまようごがっこう :: 久里浜養護学校 Kurihama Special Needs School (older name style)

かいていにまんり :: 海底二万里 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: A Tour of the Underwater World (1870 novel by Jules Verne)

なんそうさとみはっけんでん :: 南總里見八犬傳 Biographies of Eight Dogs

なんそうさとみはっけんでん :: 南總里見八犬傳 Tale of Eight Dogs

なんそうさとみはっけんでん :: 南總里見八犬傳 Eight Dog Chronicles

なんそうさとみはっけんでん :: 南總里見八犬傳 Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (1814-42; novel in 106 volumes by Kyokutei Bakin)

なんそうさとみはっけんでん :: 南総里見八犬伝 Biographies of Eight Dogs

なんそうさとみはっけんでん :: 南総里見八犬伝 Tale of Eight Dogs

なんそうさとみはっけんでん :: 南総里見八犬伝 Eight Dog Chronicles

なんそうさとみはっけんでん :: 南総里見八犬伝 Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (1814-42; novel in 106 volumes by Kyokutei Bakin)

きよさときたざわびじゅつかん :: 清里北澤美術館 Kiyosato Kitazawa Museum of Art

きりきりじん :: 吉里吉里人 Kirikirijin (1981 satirical novel by Inoue Hisashi)

くりはましょうねんいん :: 久里浜少年院 Kurihama Reform School

さとおさ :: 里長 Village chief

りどう :: 里道 Non-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)

こいまり :: 古伊万里 Mid-Edo period Imari ware

さんりづかとうそう :: 三里塚闘争 Campaign against the construction of Narita airport

さんりづかとうそう :: 三里塚闘争 Sanrizuka Struggle

さとち :: 里地 Mountain village (region)

さとちさとやま :: 里地里山 Mountain villages and neighbouring agricultural, forest, etc. areas

ろり :: 露里 Russian mile

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

とらはせんりいってせんりかえる :: 虎は千里行って千里帰る A tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)

とらはせんりいってせんりかえる :: 虎は千里行って千里帰る A parent will do anything for their child

とらはせんりいってせんりかえる :: 虎は千里往って千里還る A tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)

とらはせんりいってせんりかえる :: 虎は千里往って千里還る A parent will do anything for their child

てらからさとへ :: 寺から里へ Putting the cart before the horse

Using 里 in sentences:

(Japanese) 悪事千里を走る

(English) Bad news travels fast.

(Japanese) 「きのこの山」と「たけのこの里」どっちが好き？

(English) Which confectionary do you prefer, "mushroom mountain" or "bamboo village".

(Japanese) トムは山奥にある人里離れた村で育ちました。

(English) Tom grew up in an isolated village deep in the mountains.

(Japanese) ここには人里離れた荒野のほかに何もありません。

(English) There is nothing here but remote wilderness.

(Japanese) 山から里の方へ遊びにいった猿が一本の赤い蝋燭を拾いました。赤い蝋燭は沢山あるものではありません。それで猿は赤い蝋燭を花火だと思い込んでしまいました。猿は拾った赤い蝋燭を大事に山へ持って帰りました。

(English) The monkey, who came from the mountain to play in the village, picked up a red candle. There aren't many red candles. So the monkey thought of it as a firework. He brought it back to the mountain with care.

How do you say Unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m) in Japanese?

Answer: 里

How many kanji strokes does 里 have?

Answer: 7

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