Keyword
home village
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig185
Readings
さと
(48%)
(37%)
ざと
(13%)
Composed of
outer shell
two
Mnemonic

My home village is famous for its turtle outer shell soup, we eat two every day!

Used in kanji (19 in total)
logic
heavy
black
field
Used in vocabulary (130 in total)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
human habitation
1000 ri; (a) long distance
birth-place; home town
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
clairvoyance; second sight; clairvoyant
thousands of miles
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
2.44 miles
mountain hamlet; mountain village
foster parent; foster parents; (pet) caretaker
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)
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
Paris (France)
nautical mile
villager; village folk; countryfolk
one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
half a ri (distance measure)
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
homesickness; nostalgia
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
red light district
to reveal one's (poor) upbringing (through poor manners, etc.); to betray one's origin; to give oneself away
milestone (1 ri apart)
undeveloped woodland near populated area; settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes
mileage; distance
wife's family
any oriental variety of cherry tree descended from the Oshima cherry
potassium; potash
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
red-light district
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
verst; Russian mile
mid-Edo period Imari ware
one swift effort; rush through one's work; fast-talking, writing, etc.
returning to one's parents' house to give birth; giving birth at one's parents' home
Imari ware; Imari porcelain
imperial palace temporarily built outside of the great imperial palace (Heian period)
milepost; milestone
kagura performance held somewhere other than the imperial palace
mileage; distance
Bastille Day (July 14)
a square ri
village by the sea
mountain village (region)
sweeping view of the eye; boundless expanse
non-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)
remote mountain village
the home of one's parents
mountain villages and neighbouring agricultural, forest, etc. areas
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
very far away; the heavenly shores
bad news traveling fast; ill news spreading like wildfire
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
administration of the Ryukyu Kingdom
rural community development; rural community activation
language used in red-light districts during the Edo period
adoption event for homeless animals; foster parents association
a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love)
vast expanse of fertile land
a country being in a state of universal peace; the world being peaceful and uneventful
remote mountain village
a parent will do anything for their child; (lit.) a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)
a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; (lit.) a bat in a village without birds
system of land subdivision in ancient Japan
being poles apart; (there being) all the difference in the world
putting the cart before the horse
pet dog; domesticated dog
Sanrizuka Struggle; campaign against the construction of Narita airport
a bright (rosy) future awaiting one; having the world before one
faraway lands; voyage to faraway lands
(over) a great distance; (a long journey (flight, voyage)) to (from) a faraway place
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air
chogori; jeogori; short jacket traditionally worn by Koreans
to reveal one's (poor) upbringing (through poor manners, etc.); to betray one's origin; to give oneself away
gray-headed lapwing (Microsarcops cinereus); grey-headed lapwing
ballad; folk song; popular song
northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus); green plover; pewit; peewit
returning to one's parents' house to give birth; giving birth at one's parents' home
dwarf bamboo (varieties that thrive in western Japan)
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
rural community development; rural community activation
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
Chollima; winged horse of East Asian mythologies
a parent will do anything for their child; (lit.) a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)
limitless expanse of clouds and smoke
being far away across mountains and rivers
a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation
vast stretch of desert; vast expanse of sandy plain
pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter; rotated grazing
Araceae (arum family of plants)
kanji "village" radical
exhibition of returned works (e.g. from overseas)
province-district-neighbourhood administrative divisions (ritsuryo system)
township-neighbourhood system (redefining the province-district-neighbourhood system, establishing 50-home townships of 2-3 neighbourhoods each; 715-740 CE)
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
Imazato Station (Osaka Municipal Subway)
Chisato Station
Nakasato Station (Iwate)
Examples (9 in total)
Does he often call his parents at home?
My home town is adjacent to the ocean.
There is nothing here but remote wilderness.