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里
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village; hamlet
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countryside; country
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里 only
home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
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里 only
one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
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Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles
Examples
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.
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neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes)
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unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
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Paris (France)
Examples
セーヌ川はパリを流れている。
The Seine flows through Paris.
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1000 ri; (a) long distance
Examples
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.
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hometown; birthplace
Examples
私の郷里の町は海に接している。
My home town is adjacent to the ocean.
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hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village
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legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La
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Honorific; Polite
one's parents' home
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one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
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homesickness; nostalgia
Examples
この子犬は里心がついて泣いているんだ。
This puppy is crying because it misses its mother.
