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Definition and details for barleycorn:
Barleycorn is an old English unit of distance equal to 1/3 inch or about 8.47 millimeters. In farming societies was very common to use seeds as units of length. Barley was a basic crop in England. So barleycorn was a useful unit.
Definition and details for ri (Japanese league):
Ri is a traditional Japanese unit of distance, which is sometimes called the "Japanese league", because it is similar to the European league. One ri is equal to 12 960 shaku (one shaku equals to 10/33 m). This is about 3927 meters.
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