Definition of りば
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(n) place; spot; space
場が白けた。
The party grew chilly. -
field; discipline; sphere; realm
このネクタイはこのような場にふさわしくありません。
This tie is not suitable for a situation like this. - occasion; situation
- scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
- session (of the stock market)
- area in which cards are laid out (in a card game)
- (physics) field
- field (gestalt psychology)
- (n) advantage; benefit; profit; interest
- (n) an official
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(n) ri (old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles)
100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。
There's many a slip between the cup and the lip. - neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes)
- unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
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(ctr) counter for birds and rabbits
立派な羽が立派な鳥をつくる。
Fine feathers make fine birds.
- (n) li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
