Vocab Info
A1 Noun
里
village, hamlet, countryside, country, home (of one's parents, etc.), hometown, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past
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僕は都市ではなくて里の出身です。
I am not from the city, but from the countryside. {village, hamlet, countryside, country, home (of one's parents, etc.), hometown, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past}
- N1
狩りを終えたので山から里へ下りました。
I descended from the mountain to the village after finishing the hunt. {village, hamlet, countryside, country, home (of one's parents, etc.), hometown, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past}
- N1
お正月は里に帰って両親と一緒に過ごすつもりです。
I plan to return to my hometown for New Year's and spend it with my parents. {village, hamlet, countryside, country, home (of one's parents, etc.), hometown, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past}
- N1
人の住まない山に対し、里には人家があり人々もちらほらいます。
In contrast to the uninhabited mountain, in the village, there are houses and people can be seen here and there. {village, hamlet, countryside, country, home (of one's parents, etc.), hometown, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past}
- N1
里の出身とあって、都会に出るといつも漠然とした不安に襲われてしまう。
Being from a small village, I always get overwhelmed by a vague sense of anxiety whenever I go to the city. {village, hamlet, countryside, country, home (of one's parents, etc.), hometown, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past}
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