Search Terms: 里*
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noun, auxillary suru verb
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returning home, visiting one's parents, new bride's first visit to parents
noun
1.
village, hamlet
2.
countryside, country
3.
home (of one's parents, etc.), hometown(only relevant for 里)
4.
Other readings:
郷【さと】
noun
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taro (Colocasia esculenta), dasheen, eddo(usually kana)
Other readings:
サトイモ
noun
1.
adoption event for homeless animals
2.
foster parents association
noun
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returning to one's parents' house to give birth, giving birth at one's parents' home
Other readings:
里帰出産【さとがえりしゅっさん】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun
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kagura performance held somewhere other than the imperial palace
See also:御神楽
noun
1.
countryside dialect(linguistics)
2.
sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period(linguistics)
Other readings:
里ことば【さとことば】
、里詞【さとことば】
noun
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any oriental variety of cherry tree descended from the Oshima cherry
See also:大島桜
noun
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imperial palace temporarily built outside of the great imperial palace (Heian period)
See also:内裏
noun
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rural community development, rural community activation
See also:村づくり
Other readings:
里作り【さとづくり】
noun
1.
undeveloped woodland near populated area
2.
settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes