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さと
osatogashireru
expression, Ichidan verb
to reveal one's upbringing (through one's words, actions, etc.), to betray one's origin, to give oneself away
Other readings:
御里が知れる【おさとがしれる】

noun
nautical mile
Other readings:
【かいり】
カイリ

noun
1.
hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army), isolated village
2.
legendary land (deep in mountains or underground), Shangri-La

noun
caustic potash, potassium hydroxide
Other readings:
苛性加里【かせいカリ】

noun
1.
potassium(usually kana, abbreviation)
See also:カリウム
2.
potash(colloquialism)
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
potash soap
Other readings:
加里石鹸【カリせっけん】

ゃくこう
kidachihyakurikou
noun
thyme(obscure)
See also:タイム
Other readings:
木立百里香【きだちひゃくりこう】
キダチヒャクリコウ

noun
gray-headed lapwing (Microsarcops cinereus), grey-headed lapwing(usually kana)
Other readings:
けり《計里》
ケリ

noun
township-neighbourhood system (redefining the province-district-neighbourhood system, establishing 50-home townships of 2-3 neighbourhoods each; 715-740 CE)
See also:国郡里制

noun
province-district-neighbourhood administrative divisions (ritsuryo system)
See also:郷里制,  律令制

no-adjective, noun
totally at a loss, lose one's bearings, in a maze, in a fog, all at sea, up in the air, mystified, bewildered(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
五里夢中【ごりむちゅう】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
1.
village, hamlet
2.
countryside, country
3.
home (of one's parents, etc.), hometown(only relevant for 里)
4.
one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past(only relevant for 里)
See also:御里
Other readings:
【さと】

noun
pet dog, domesticated dog
See also:山犬 (antonym)

noun
taro (Colocasia esculenta), dasheen, eddo(usually kana)
Other readings:
サトイモ

noun
Araceae, arum family of plants
Other readings:
里芋科【さといもか】

noun
1.
adoption event for homeless animals
2.
foster parents association

さとがえゅっさん
satogaerishussan
noun
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:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
exhibition of returned works (e.g. from overseas)

noun
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
any oriental variety of cherry tree descended from the Oshima cherry
See also:大島桜

noun
imperial palace temporarily built outside of the great imperial palace (Heian period)
See also:内裏

noun
mountain villages and neighbouring agricultural, forest, etc. areas
See also:里地,  里山

noun
rural community development, rural community activation
See also:村づくり
Other readings:
里作り【さとづくり】

noun
villager, village folk, countryfolk
Other readings:
里人【りじん】

noun
1.
undeveloped woodland near populated area
2.
settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes

noun
snow that falls on villages
See also:山雪

noun
a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation(yojijukugo)

しょうべんいっちょうくそいち
shouben-icchoukusoichiri
expression
if you visit the toilet while traveling, you will fall behind your fellow travelers, one chō for a piss, one ri for a shit(archaism, proverb)
See also:,  里 (り)

noun
a bright (rosy) future awaiting one, having the world before one(yojijukugo)

noun
a country being in a state of universal peace, the world being peaceful and uneventful(yojijukugo)

せんいち
senrimoichiri
expression
a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love)(proverb)

noun
northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), green plover, pewit, peewit(usually kana)
Other readings:
たげり《田計里》
タゲリ

noun
chogori, jeogori, short jacket traditionally worn by Koreans(usually kana)
Other readings:
チョゴリ《襦》

てらさと
terakarasatohe
expression
putting the cart before the horse(idiom )
See also:本末転倒

とりさとうも
torinakisatonokoumori
expression, noun
a man among the geese when the gander is away, a one-eyed king in the land of the blind, a bat in a village without birds(idiom )

noun
pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter, rotated grazing(yojijukugo)

noun
dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)
Other readings:
千里竹【ねざさ】

noun
Bastille Day (July 14)
Other readings:
巴里祭【パリさい】[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

ばんちょうじょう
banrinochoujou
noun
Great Wall of China
Other readings:
万里の長城【はおんりのちょうじょう】

ひとざとはな
hitozatohanareta
prenominal
lonely (place), remote, in the middle of nowhere
Other readings:
人里はなれた【ひとざとはなれた】

noun
vast stretch of desert, vast expanse of sandy plain(yojijukugo)

noun
(over) a great distance, (a long journey (flight, voyage)) to (from) a faraway place(yojijukugo)

noun
Bolivia(usually kana)
Other readings:
ボリビア《玻里非》[1]
ボリヴィア《暮利比亜》[1]
ボリヴィア《玻里非》[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
Madrid (Spain)(usually kana)
Other readings:
マドリッド《馬徳里》[1]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
Mauritius(usually kana)
Other readings:
マウリチウス《毛里求斯》[1][2]
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading
  2. word containing irregular kana usage

noun
language used in red-light districts during the Edo period
See also:郭言葉

noun
1.
dialect
2.
language of the common people, colloquial language, slang
Other readings:
里言【りげん】

noun
1.
dialect
See also:俚言
2.
language of the common people, colloquial language, slang
Other readings:
里語【りご】

noun
ballad, folk song, popular song
Other readings:
里謡【りよう】