Word Meaning 里山

さとやま satoyama

里山 is read as さとやま (satoyama) and means settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes.

Meaning

English

settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes
undeveloped woodland near populated area

Reading

Kana

さとやま

Romaji

satoyama

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 50801 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

里地里山

さとちさとやま

mountain villages and neighbouring agricultural, forest, etc. areas

山里

やまざと

mountain hamlet

山川万里

さんせんばんり

being far away across mountains and rivers

夏山冬里方式

なつやまふゆさとほうしき

rotated grazing

遠山里

とおやまざと

remote mountain village

夏山冬里

なつやまふゆさと

pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter

片山里

かたやまざと

remote mountain village

里

り

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

里子

さとご

adopted animal (e.g. pet)

里帰り

さとがえり

bride's first visit to her parents after getting married

里親

さとおや

(pet) caretaker

里帰出産

さとがえりしゅっさん

returning to one's parents' house to give birth