Moto 里: Ri; Village; Parent's HomeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- リ
- Kun'yomi
- さと
- Level
- Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 119 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (リ)
- 里りJapanese league; ri
- 千里せんり1000 ri; (a) long distance
- 郷里きょうりbirth-place; home town
- 万里ばんりthousands of miles
- 一里塚いちりづかmilestone (1 ri apart)
- 一望千里いちぼうせんりsweeping view of the eye; boundless expanse
- 一瀉千里いっしゃせんりone swift effort; rush through one's work
- 一里いちり2.44 miles
- 万里の長城ばんりのちょうじょうGreat Wall of China
- 三里塚闘争さんりづかとうそうSanrizuka Struggle; campaign against the construction of Narita airport
- 五里夢中ごりむちゅうtotally at a loss; lose one's bearings
- 五里霧中ごりむちゅうtotally at a loss; lose one's bearings
- 前程万里ぜんていばんりa bright (rosy) future awaiting one; having the world before one
- 千里の行も足下に始まるせんりのこうもそっかにはじまるa journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
- 千里も一里せんりもいちりa journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love)
- 千里同風せんりどうふうa country being in a state of universal peace; the world being peaceful and uneventful
- 千里眼せんりがんclairvoyance; second sight
- 半里はんりhalf a ri (distance measure)
- 国郡里制こくぐんりせいprovince-district-neighbourhood administrative divisions (ritsuryo system)
- 天涯万里てんがいばんりvery far away; the heavenly shores
- 小便一町糞一里しょうべんいっちょうくそいちりif you visit the toilet while traveling, you will fall behind your fellow travelers; one chō for a piss, one ri for a shit
- 山川万里さんせんばんりbeing far away across mountains and rivers
- 平沙万里へいさばんりvast stretch of desert; vast expanse of sandy plain
- 悪事千里あくじせんりbad news traveling fast; ill news spreading like wildfire
- 悪事千里を行くあくじせんりをいくbad news travels fast
- 悪事千里を走るあくじせんりをはしるbad news travels quickly
- 懸軍万里けんぐんばんりmilitary expedition deep into enemy territory
- 方里ほうりa square ri
- 木立ち百里香きだちひゃくりこうthyme
- 条里制じょうりせいsystem of land subdivision in ancient Japan
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 里子さとごfoster child
- 里帰りさとがえりreturning home; visiting one's parents
- 里親さとおやfoster parent; foster parents
- ふる里ふるさとhome town; birthplace
- 人里ひとざとhuman habitation
- 古里ふるさとhome town; birthplace
- 山里やまざとmountain hamlet; mountain village
- お里おさとone's parents' home
- お里が知れるおさとがしれるto reveal one's upbringing (through one's words, actions, etc.); to betray one's origin
- 人里はなれたひとざとはなれたlonely (place); remote
- 人里離れたひとざとはなれたlonely (place); remote
- 夏山冬里なつやまふゆさとpasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter; rotated grazing
- 夏山冬里方式なつやまふゆさとほうしきrotated grazing
- 寺から里へてらからさとへputting the cart before the horse
- 御里おさとone's parents' home
- 御里が知れるおさとがしれるto reveal one's upbringing (through one's words, actions, etc.); to betray one's origin
- 故里ふるさとhome town; birthplace
- 旧里ふるさとhome town; birthplace
- 村里むらざとvillage
Other readings
- 亜爾加里アルカリalkali
- 伊万里焼いまりやきImari ware; Imari porcelain
- 加里カリpotassium
- 加里石鹸カリせっけんpotash soap
- 千里の道も一歩からせんりのみちもいっぽからa journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
- 千里竹ねざさdwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)
- 千里馬チョンリマChollima; winged horse of East Asian mythologies
- 古伊万里こいまりmid-Edo period Imari ware
- 巴里パリParis (France)
- 巴里祭パリさいBastille Day (July 14)
- 木立百里香きだちひゃくりこうthyme
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