里り

noun

ri; Japanese league

Traditional unit of distance, about 3.927 km or 2.44 miles. Still used in historical contexts, place names, and some set phrases.

• 江え戸どから日本にほん橋ばしまで約やく三さん里りの道みちのりだった。

  It was a journey of about three ri from Edo to Nihonbashi.

noun

neighbourhood (ritsuryō system)

Historical administrative unit under the ritsuryō system, originally consisting of about 50 homes. Rare outside historical texts.

See also: 郷里制 · 国郡里制

• 律りつ令りょう制せい下かでは、五ご十じっ戸こで一いち里りを構こう成せいした。

  Under the ritsuryō system, fifty households formed one ri (neighbourhood).

noun

unit of area (approx. 654 m × 654 m)

Historical unit of area used in the jōri system, roughly 654 meters on each side. Encountered mainly in historical geography.

See also: 条里制

• 条じょう里り制せいでは、一いち里りは約やく六ろっ百ぴゃく五ご十じゅう四よんメートル四し方ほうの区く画かくだった。

  In the jōri system, one ri was a square plot about 654 meters on each side.