Word Meaning 郷里制

ごうりせい gourisei

郷里制 is read as ごうりせい (gourisei) and means township-neighbourhood system.

Meaning

English

township-neighbourhood system
system in use between 715-740 CE which redefined the province-district-neighbourhood system, establishing 50-home townships of 2-3 neighbourhoods each

Reading

Kana

ごうりせい

Romaji

gourisei

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 88870 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

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郷里

きょうり

hometown

条里制

じょうりせい

jōri system of land subdivision in ancient Japan

国郡里制

こくぐんりせい

province-district-neighbourhood administrative divisions (ritsuryō system)

郷愁

きょうしゅう

nostalgia

郷土

きょうど

native place

郷土色

きょうどしょく

local color

郷土文学

きょうどぶんがく

folk literature

郷土料理

きょうどりょうり

regional cuisine

郷土小説

きょうどしょうせつ

local story

郷国

きょうこく

one's native land

郷党

きょうとう

people from one's hometown

郷友会

きょうゆうかい

social organisation for people originating from the same town, village, or island who live in an urban center far from home (predominantly used by people from Okinawa)