Lingaku里【さと】
Frequency rank: 1,977.
- village; hamlet
- countryside; country
- home (of one's parents, etc.); hometownonly applies to 里
- one's origins; one's upbringing; one's pastonly applies to 里see also 御里
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 里【さと】Frequency rank: 1,977.
- 郷【さと】Frequency rank: 19,131. – 19,212.
- さとFrequency rank: 46,119. – 47,037.
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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No, please don't concern yourself. I have learnt to do as the Romans when in Rome.
We're all at sea about where to take our company from here.
8. やま山からさと里のほう方へあそびにいった遊びにいったさる猿がいっぽん一本のあかい赤いろうそく蝋燭をひろいました拾いました。あかい赤いろうそく蝋燭はたくさん沢山あるものではありません。それでさる猿はあかい赤いろうそく蝋燭をはなび花火だとおもいこんでしまいました思い込んでしまいました。さる猿はひろった拾ったあかい赤いろうそく蝋燭をだいじ大事にやま山へもって持ってかえりました帰りました。
The monkey, who came from the mountain to play in the village, picked up a red candle. There aren't many red candles. So the monkey thought of it as a firework. He brought it back to the mountain with care.