(り) (n) (1) ri (old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles); (2) (See 郷里制,国郡里制) neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); (3) (See 条里制) unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m); (P) [EDICT]
(さと) (n) (1) village; hamlet; (2) countryside; country; (3) (里 only) home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown; (4) (里 only) (See 御里) one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past [EDICT]
(lǐ, ㄌㄧˇ) inside; internal; interior; lining; village; basic unit of city administration [CE-DICT]
(lǐ, ㄌㄧˇ) Chinese mile (approx. 0.5 km); neighborhood; hometown; surname Li [CE-DICT]
配膳
(はいぜん) (n,vs) setting a place or the table [EDICT]
係
(かかり) (n) (1) (esp. 係) (See 掛かり・かかり・5) charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk; (2) {ling} (esp. 係り) (See 係り結び) connection; linking; (P) [EDICT]
(がかり) (suf) (掛 is often used for government offices, railways, etc.) (See 係・かかり・1,掛かり・かかり・5) charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk [EDICT]
(xì, ㄒㄧˋ) be; connection; relation; tie up; bind [CE-DICT]
の
() (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT]
() (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT]
