里
Meanings
Noun
1. village; hamlet
2. countryside; country
3. home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
4. one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
Other spellings
郷
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
さと
Used in vocabulary
里帰り
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad)
Noun
隠れ里
hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La
Noun
里言葉
countryside dialect; sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period
Noun
Examples3
里
Mr Sato was standing on top of a boulder.
里
Is Mr Sato good at literature?
サト
Mr. Satoyama's work made a big impression in the world of haiku.