マリ | Shirabe

理り

#4,738

Common

り

Meaning

1. ①
  
  reason; principle; logic
  
  彼かれの言葉ことばは理りにかなっているようだ。
  
  His words sound reasonable.
2. ②
  
  Buddhism
  
  general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)
  
  See also: 事 (じ)
3. ③
  
  the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
1. ①
  
  EN Li （理, pinyin lǐ）is a concept found in Neo-Confucian Chinese philosophy.
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#4,738

り

Meaning

Kanji

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#5,761

Common

り

Meaning

1. ①
  
  Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles
  
  １００ひゃく里りを行いく者ものは９９きゅうじゅうきゅう里りを半なかばとする。
  
  There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.
2. ②
  
  neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes)
  
  See also: 郷里制 (ごうりせい), 国郡里制 (こくぐんりせい)
3. ③
  
  unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
  
  See also: 条里制 (じょうりせい)
1. ①
  
  EN The li (Chinese: 里, lǐ, or 市里, shìlǐ), also known as the Chinese mile, is a traditional Chinese unit of distance.
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