千里も一里

せんりもいちり

a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love)

一里塚

いちりづか

milestone (1 ri apart)

小便一町糞一里

しょうべんいっちょうくそいちり

if you visit the toilet while travelling, you will get behind your fellow travelers, one chou for a piss, one ri for a shit

一望千里

いちぼうせんり

sweeping view of the eye, boundless expanse

一瀉千里

いっしゃせんり

one swift effort, rush through one's work, fast-talking, writing, etc.

里

さと り

Japanese league, ri, old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles

里地里山

さとちさとやま

mountain villages and neighbouring agricultural, forest, etc. areas

吉里吉里人

きりきりじん

Kirikirijin (1981 satirical novel by Inoue Hisashi)

里親

さとおや

foster parent, foster parents

里偏

さとへん

kanji "village" radical

人里

ひとざと

human habitation

半里

はんり はんさと

half a ri (distance measure)

万里

ばんり

thousands of miles

山里

やまざと

mountain hamlet (village)

里数

りすう

mileage, distance

方里

ほうり ほうさと

a square ri

親里

おやざと しんさと

the home of one's parents

里方

さとかた

wife's family

浦里

うらざと

village by the sea