人里|ひとざとhitozato[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounvillage; human habitation; human settlement

• Synonym集落しゅうらくNeutralA geographic term for a settlement or inhabited area; 「人里」 stresses land where people live, set against mountains and wilds.
• Synonym村むらNeutralThe most general word for a village, also an administrative unit; 「人里」 highlights where people dwell, often contrasted with mountains and forests.
• Synonym村落そんらくWrittenWritten style, used in news, scholarship and general narrative; 「人里」 has a literary flavor and is often set against mountains and forests.
• SynonymビレッジCasualA loanword used mostly in facility names; 「人里」 is the traditional term.
• Synonym村里むらざとNeutralA rural village with a pastoral flavor; 「人里」 stresses the presence of human habitation.
• Related郷邑きょうゆうWrittenAn archaic written word for one's home village, now very rare; in daily speech say 「村」, in literary description 「人里」.
• Related郷村ごうそんWrittenA written word for the countryside, also for medieval village communities; little used.
• Related村邑そんゆうWrittenAn archaic written word for a village, very rare; say 「村」 or 「集落」 in everyday use.
• Related村庄そんしょうWrittenA written word for a village or country house; rarely used.
• Antonym山奥やまおくNeutralDeep in the mountains, far from human habitation; the opposite of 「人里」.
• Antonym秘境ひきょうNeutralA secluded region few people ever visit; contrasts with the inhabited world of 「人里」.

For an ordinary village say 「村」; for settlements in geographic terms use 「集落」. 「人里」 means inhabited land set against the mountains and wilds, as in 「人里離れた山奥」; for deep mountains say 「山奥」.

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1. 人ひとが住すんでいる里さと。集落しゅうらくとなっている所ところ。