吉里吉里人

きりきりじん

Kirikirijin (1981 satirical novel by Inoue Hisashi)

人里

ひとざと

human habitation

人里離れた

ひとざとはなれた

lonely (place), remote, in the middle of nowhere

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

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)

浦里

うらざと

village by the sea

里方

さとかた

wife's family

方里

ほうり ほうさと

a square ri

里数

りすう

mileage, distance

一里

いちり いちさと

2.44 miles

万里

ばんり

thousands of miles

半里

はんり はんさと

half a ri (distance measure)

山里

やまざと

mountain hamlet (village)

里親

さとおや

foster parent, foster parents

郷里

きょうり

birth-place, home town

里山

さとやま

undeveloped woodland near populated area

里子

さとご

foster child

里芋

さといも サトイモ

taro (Colocasia esculenta), dasheen, eddo