village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
village; human habitation; human settlement
1000 ri; (a) long distance
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
clairvoyance; second sight; clairvoyant
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
foster parent; foster parents; (pet) caretaker
great distance; thousands of miles; (lit.) ten thousand ri
hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La
foster child; adopted animal (e.g. pet)
mountain hamlet; mountain village
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
villager; village folk; countryfolk
one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air
half a ri (distance measure)
satoyama; rural landscape coexisting with local agricultural communities
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
to reveal one's (poor) upbringing (through poor manners, etc.); to betray one's origin; to give oneself away
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
mountain village (region)
one's wife's family; bride's family
potassium; potash; potassium carbonate
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
any oriental variety of cherry tree descended from the Oshima cherry
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
mid-Edo period Imari ware
returning to one's parents' house to give birth; giving birth at one's parents' home
one swift effort; rush through one's work; fast-talking, writing, etc.
kagura performance held somewhere other than the imperial palace
Imari ware; Imari porcelain
imperial palace temporarily built outside of the great imperial palace (Heian period)
large area; (lit.) four ri square (approx. 16 sq km); Edo
non-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)
sweeping view of the eye; boundless expanse
adoption event for homeless animals; foster parents association
Kirikirijin (1981 satirical novel by Inoue Hisashi)
in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; (lit.) a bat in a village without birds
the home of one's parents
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
mountain villages and neighbouring agricultural, forest, etc. areas
one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
protected undeveloped coastline near populated areas; section of ocean that coexists with a nearby populated area
hometown; birthplace; native place; one's old home
Chollima; winged horse of East Asian mythologies
very far away; the heavenly shores
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
bad news traveling fast; ill news spreading like wildfire
being poles apart; (there being) all the difference in the world
language used in red-light districts during the Edo period
faraway lands; voyage to faraway lands
rural community development; rural community activation
in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; (lit.) a bat in a village without birds
a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love)
Sanrizuka Struggle; campaign against the construction of Narita airport
vast expanse of fertile land
don't count your chickens before they're hatched; there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip; (lit.) consider a journey of 100 ri to be halfway completed at 90
administration of the Ryukyu Kingdom
in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; (lit.) a bat in a village without birds
a bright (rosy) future awaiting one; having the world before one
a parent will do anything for their child; (lit.) a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)
putting the cart before the horse
Imazato Station (Osaka Municipal Subway)
rural community development; rural community activation
(over) a great distance; (a long journey (flight, voyage)) to (from) a faraway place
a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation
pet dog; domesticated dog
jōri system of land subdivision in ancient Japan
being far away across mountains and rivers
a country being in a state of universal peace; the world being peaceful and uneventful
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air
to reveal one's (poor) upbringing (through poor manners, etc.); to betray one's origin; to give oneself away
chogori; jeogori; short jacket traditionally worn by Koreans
gray-headed lapwing (Microsarcops cinereus); grey-headed lapwing
returning to one's parents' house to give birth; giving birth at one's parents' home
ballad; folk song; popular song
northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus); green plover; pewit; peewit
Imari ware; Imari porcelain
Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (1814-42; novel in 106 volumes by Kyokutei Bakin); Eight Dog Chronicles; Tale of Eight Dogs; Biographies of Eight Dogs
in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; (lit.) a bat in a village without birds
in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; (lit.) a bat in a village without birds
dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
Araceae (arum family of plants)
don't count your chickens before they're hatched; there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip; (lit.) consider a journey of 100 ri to be halfway completed at 90
a parent will do anything for their child; (lit.) a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)
village; hamlet; gate at the entrance to a village; village gate
countryside dialect; sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period
countryside dialect; sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period
countryside dialect; sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts during the Edo period
limitless expanse of clouds and smoke
vast stretch of desert; vast expanse of sandy plain
pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter; rotated grazing
exhibition of returned works (e.g. from overseas)
province-district-neighbourhood administrative divisions (ritsuryō system)
township-neighbourhood system; system in use between 715-740 CE which redefined the province-district-neighbourhood system, establishing 50-home townships of 2-3 neighbourhoods each
caustic potash; potassium hydroxide
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
snow that falls on villages
if you visit the toilet while traveling, you will fall behind your fellow travelers; (lit.) one chō for a piss, one ri for a shit
military expedition deep into enemy territory
slow and steady wins the race; little by little, one goes far; consistency is key
Kurihama Special Needs School (older name style)
Wanli Crab (brand name for crab caught in the Wanli district of Taiwan)
Wanli Crab (brand name for crab caught in the Wanli district of Taiwan)