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四里四方
よりよほうよりしほう
1. [n] [yoji]
▶ large area
▶ [lit] four ri square (approx. 16 sq km)
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1550770 里【り】 1. Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles
2. [n] [yoji]
《ref. to original jōkamachi size》
▶ Edo
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1355730 城下町 1. castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord



History:
4. A 2023-12-10 04:21:48  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Maybe this.
  Diff:
@@ -21,0 +22 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1355730">城下町</xref>
@@ -23 +24 @@
-<s_inf>original size as jōkamachi (castle town)</s_inf>
+<s_inf>ref. to original jōkamachi size</s_inf>
3. A* 2023-12-09 14:35:10 
  Refs:
i see no mention of col anywhere and "original size" is a bit ambiguous, otherwise seems good to me
  Diff:
@@ -23,2 +23 @@
-<misc>&col;</misc>
-<s_inf>original size</s_inf>
+<s_inf>original size as jōkamachi (castle town)</s_inf>
2. A* 2023-12-04 02:33:22  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I think this works better.
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1550770">里・り・1</xref>
@@ -16,2 +17,2 @@
-<s_inf>from the area of Edo being 4 ri (16 km) square with Edo Castle at its center</s_inf>
-<gloss>Edo jōkamachi (castle town)</gloss>
+<gloss>large area</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">four ri square (approx. 16 sq km)</gloss>
@@ -22 +23,3 @@
-<gloss>vast area</gloss>
+<misc>&col;</misc>
+<s_inf>original size</s_inf>
+<gloss>Edo</gloss>
1. A* 2023-10-25 09:42:08 
  Refs:
nikk, koujien

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
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│ 四里四方 │ 1,011 │100.0% │
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