noun

  1. one's parents' home. Honorific or respectful language, polite language.
  2. one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
お里 おさと
御里 おさと

Contained Kanji Breakdown

ri, village, parent's home
さと リ さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)