里

Meaning

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

Example sentences

• いえ、お気になさらず。郷に入っては郷に従えと学んできました。

  No, please don't concern yourself. I have learnt to do as the Romans when in Rome.

• あー言えば、こーゆー。里香ってばそんなヤツだ。文句の言い合いで勝てるわけない。

  You say po-tah-to I say po-tay-to. Rika is just that sort of girl. There's no way to win a battle of words with her.

• 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.