Meanings
Noun
1. Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles
2. neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes)
3. unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
1000 ri; (a) long distance
thousands of miles
birth-place; home town
2.44 miles
villager; village folk; countryfolk
half a ri (distance measure)
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air
verst; Russian mile
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
a square ri
mileage; distance
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
non-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)
administration of the Ryukyu Kingdom
system of land subdivision in ancient Japan
township-neighbourhood system (redefining the province-district-neighbourhood system, establishing 50-home townships of 2-3 neighbourhoods each; 715-740 CE)