"千里" meaning in Japanese

See 千里 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [sẽ̞n̺ɾʲi] Forms: 千里 [canonical] (ruby: (せん), ()), Senri [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|せんり}} 千(せん)里(り) • (Senri)
  1. a male given name
    Sense id: en-千里-ja-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Japanese given names, Japanese male given names, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 30 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 35 35 22 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 35 35 21 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 39 39 13 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 36 36 22 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 35 35 21 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 36 36 22 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 53 33 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: [sẽ̞n̺ɾʲi] Forms: 千里 [canonical] (ruby: (), (さと)), Chisato [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|ちさと}} 千(ち)里(さと) • (Chisato)
  1. a female given name
    Sense id: en-千里-ja-name-pLhOhtoi Categories (other): Japanese female given names, Japanese given names, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 30 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 35 35 22 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 35 35 21 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 39 39 13 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 36 36 22 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 35 35 21 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 36 36 22 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [sẽ̞n̺ɾʲi] Forms: 千里 [canonical] (ruby: (せん), ()), senri [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|せんり}} 千(せん)里(り) • (senri)
  1. 1000 li, or 500 km
    Sense id: en-千里-ja-noun-OOLkRl6~ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 30 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 35 35 22 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 35 35 21 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 39 39 13 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 36 36 22 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 35 35 21 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 36 36 22 6
  2. (figuratively) a great distance Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-千里-ja-noun-82XjVmo~ Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 39 39 13 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 千里の道も一歩から (senri no michi mo ippo kara) (ruby: 千里(せんり), (みち), 一歩(いっぽ)), 千里の行も足下に始まる (senri no kō mo sokka ni hajimaru) (ruby: 千里(せんり), (こう), 足下(そっか), (はじ)), 千里の道も一歩より始まる (senri no michi mo ippo yori hajimaru) (ruby: 千里(せんり), (みち), 一歩(いっぽ), (はじ)), 一望千里 (ichibō senri) (ruby: 一望千里(いちぼうせんり)), 悪事千里を走る (akuji senri o hashiru) (ruby: 悪事千里(あくじせんり), (はし)), 千里眼 (Senrigan) (ruby: 千里眼(せんりがん))
Etymology number: 1
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Download raw JSONL data for 千里 meaning in Japanese (4.6kB)

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  "title": "千里",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "千里"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "千里",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "千里"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "千里",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (7cef23e and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.