What does 里 mean?
里 is a Japanese noun meaning “Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles” in English. It can also be translated as “neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes)” depending on context. It is written as 里 in kanji, り in hiragana, and ri in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.