せん
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. 1000 ri; (a) long distance
Kanji used
thousand
home village
Pitch accent
んり
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Composed of
1,000; thousand
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
① 千里離れた先が見える眼。遠隔地での出来事や将来起きる出来事を見通す能力。また、その能力の持ち主。
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
① 大変見通しが良いこと。広々として眺望がいいこと。一目で千里を見渡せる意味。
bad news traveling fast; ill news spreading like wildfire
a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love)
a country being in a state of universal peace; the world being peaceful and uneventful
vast expanse of fertile land
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation