里 (さと) — village, hometown

里さと village

Frequency #950 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 2 1 character noun

sato

さと

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. さと[0] heiban 平板

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Meanings

village
hometown

Explained in simple Japanese

山(やま)のちかくなどで、人(ひと)がすむところ。
その人(ひと)がうまれてそだったところ。

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

さと里 village

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Words with 里 (6)

万(ばん)里(り) banri great distance 千(せん)里(り) senri 1000 ri 郷(きょう)里(り) kyouri hometown 里(さと)子(ご) satogo foster child 里(さと)帰(がえ)り satogaeri returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person) 里(さと)親(おや) satooya foster parent

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Explained in simple Japanese

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 里 (6)

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