り

里

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    Japanese league, ri, old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles

    • 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.

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes)

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)