里

Meanings

ri, village, parent's home, league

ES: ri (unidad de medida), aldea, pueblo, lugar natal

Common words

• 郷里きょうりhometown, birthplace
• 亜爾加里アルカリalkali
• 巴里パリParis (France)
• 千里せんり1000 ri, (a) long distance
• 万里ばんりgreat distance, thousands of miles, ten thousand ri
• 里子さとごfoster child
• 里親さとおやfoster parent, foster parents
• 一里塚いちりづかmilestone (1 ri apart)

Example sentences

• 彼かれは郷里きょうりの両親りょうしんによく電話でんわしますか。

  Does he often call his parents at home?

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• 私の郷里の町は海に接している。

  My home town is adjacent to the ocean.

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