海里(かいり)

かいり
noun
nautical mile
quantity
1. nautical mile
A unit of distance used in sea and air navigation, equal to 1,852 meters. Also used as a counter: 3海里(かいり) = three nautical miles.
沖(おき)まで五海里(ごかいり)ある。
It is five nautical miles to the open sea.
一海里(いちかいり)は約(やく)1852メートルだ。
One nautical mile is about 1,852 meters.
領海(りょうかい)は海岸(かいがん)から12海里(かいり)までとされている。
Territorial waters are defined as extending up to twelve nautical miles from the coast.

A unit of distance for navigation, equal to 1,852 meters. It doubles as a counter, attaching directly to numbers (三海里(さんかいり)).

Related words

  • ノット: knot — speed of one nautical mile per hour
  • 領海(りょうかい): territorial waters — commonly measured in nautical miles
  • 排他的経済水域(はいたてきけいざいすいいき): exclusive economic zone — extends 200 nautical miles

Related Words

Related: 領海(りょうかい) (territorial waters)
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Added 2026.7.4 3:18 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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