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Search Terms: *里*
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expression
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bad news traveling fast, ill news spreading like wildfire(yojijukugo)
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expression
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noun
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one swift effort, rush through one's work, fast-talking, writing, etc.(yojijukugo)
noun
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being poles apart, (there being) all the difference in the world(yojijukugo)
noun
1.
one's parents' home(honorific language, polite language)
2.
one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past
Other readings:
御里【おさと】
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
1.
2.
potash(colloquialism)
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
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gray-headed lapwing (Microsarcops cinereus), grey-headed lapwing(usually kana)
Other readings:
けり《計里》
、ケリ
noun
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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
no-adjective, noun
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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:
- 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.
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
noun
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Sanrizuka Struggle, campaign against the construction of Narita airport
noun
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a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation(yojijukugo)
noun
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a bright (rosy) future awaiting one, having the world before one(yojijukugo)
noun
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a country being in a state of universal peace, the world being peaceful and uneventful(yojijukugo)
expression
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expression
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expression
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a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love)(proverb)
noun
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northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), green plover, pewit, peewit(usually kana)
Other readings:
たげり《田計里》
、タゲリ
noun
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chogori, jeogori, short jacket traditionally worn by Koreans(usually kana)
Other readings:
チョゴリ《襦》
expression
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expression, noun
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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
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pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter, rotated grazing(yojijukugo)
See also:夏山冬里方式
noun
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dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)
Other readings:
千里竹【ねざさ】
noun
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Bastille Day (July 14)
Other readings:
巴里祭【パリさい】[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
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Great Wall of China
Other readings:
万里の長城【はおんりのちょうじょう】
prenominal
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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
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(over) a great distance, (a long journey (flight, voyage)) to (from) a faraway place(yojijukugo)
noun
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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:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
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Madrid (Spain)(usually kana)
Other readings:
マドリッド《馬徳里》[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
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Mauritius(usually kana)
Other readings:
マウリチウス《毛里求斯》[1][2]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
- word containing irregular kana usage
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】