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Definition

Old unit of measurement equal to 2.44 miles.

Usage

Often seen in the term "1000 ri, a long distance" senri/千里.

This is in turn used in the word for "clairvoyance" which is senrigan 千里眼. It literally means "eyes that can see for 1000 ri".

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