Word Meaning お里

おさと osato

お里 is read as おさと (osato) and means one's parents' home.

Meaning

English

one's parents' home
one's origins
one's upbringing
one's past

Reading

Kana

おさと

Romaji

osato

Writing Variants

御里おさと osato

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Synonyms 生い立ち,身上,素性,素姓,素生,身の上 Rank 119722 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

お里が知れる

おさとがしれる

to reveal one's (poor) upbringing (through poor manners, etc.)

里

り

neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes)

郷里

きょうり

hometown

千里

せんり

1000 ri

万里

ばんり

thousands of miles

人里

ひとざと

human habitation

山里

やまざと

mountain hamlet

千里も一里

せんりもいちり

a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love)

山川万里

さんせんばんり

being far away across mountains and rivers

一望千里

いちぼうせんり

sweeping view of the eye

悪事千里

あくじせんり

bad news traveling fast

一里

いちり

2.44 miles

Example Sentences

お里が知れる。

The shepherd, even when he become a gentleman, smells of the lamb.