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Does he often call his parents at home?
彼は郷里の両親によく電話しますか。
Rina is in the home economics club. Her main activity is dressmaking.
里奈は家庭科部に入っていて、主に洋裁をしている。
He must be homesick.
かれはきっと里心がついています。
He availed himself of the 'off-and-on' holidays to visit his native country.
彼は「飛び石」連休を利用して郷里を訪れた。
This puppy is crying, because it is homesick for its mother.
この子犬は里心がついて泣いているんだ。
She lives in rural seclusion.
彼女は人里離れたところに住んでいます。
Is Mr Sato good at literature?
里さんって文学が上手ですか。
There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.
100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
千里の道も一歩から。
We're all at sea about where to take our company from here.
これからどう会社を経営していったらいいのか、五里霧中だ。
Rome wasn't built in a day.
千里の道も一歩から。
The party leader rattled on at great length about future policies.
党首は今後の方針を一瀉千里に述べ立てた。
My hometown is adjacent to the ocean.
僕の郷里の町は海に接している。
A miss is as good as a mile.
一つ間違えば一里も狂う。
When I was in Paris, I became acquainted with two or three painters, and I went to visit their atelier from time to time. I was always fascinated by their method of work and their way of life.
Living as he did in remote countryside, he seldom came up to town.
彼は人里離れた田舎に住んでいるので、町に来ることはめったにない。
Recently my brother in law, artillery major Y, came back from a three year trip in Paris. Surrounded by a great number of souvenirs he had brought back, we heard tales of his travels.