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キリ

Reading

Kana: キリ
Romaji: kiri
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

end; ending; bottom

Note: variant of "cruz" from Portuguese
See also: ピン

Example Sentences

ダイキリをください。
➥I'd like a daiquiri.
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ほらっ、キリキリ()くっ!
➥Come on, get walking!
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貧乏(びんぼう)にもピンからキリまである。
➥You say "poor", but there are many degrees of poverty.
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(かれ)らはキリスト教徒(ょう)です。
➥They are Christians.
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(かれ)はキリスト教徒(ょう)になった。
➥He turned Christian.
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(はは)はキリスト(ょう)信仰(しんこう)している。
➥My mother believes in Christianity.
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奇利

Reading

Kana: きり
Romaji: kiri
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

unexpected benefit; sudden profit

Kanji

Readings: キ、 く.しき、 あや.しい、 くし、 めずら.しい
Meanings: strange, strangeness, curiosity
Readings: リ、 き.く
Meanings: profit, advantage, benefit

義理

Reading

Kana: ぎり
Romaji: giri
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation

2

in-law; relation by marriage

Kanji

Reading: 
Meanings: righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth

Example Sentences

義理(ぎり)だけの拍手(はくしゅ)をもらう。
➥It was just polite applause.
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義理(ぎり)(あね)()年間(ねんかん)(よん)(にん)子供(こども)()んだ。
➥My sister-in-law had four children in five years.
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(わたし)()()てられた部屋(へや)は、義理(ぎり)にも居心地(いごこち)がよいとは()えなかった。
➥In all honesty, I could not say the room allotted to me was comfortable.
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(わたし)(かれ)義理(ぎり)()てなければならない。
➥I have to do right by him.
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日本語(にほんご)の「義理(ぎり)」に相当(そうとう)する英語(えいご)()つからない。
➥We cannot find an English equivalent for the Japanese 'giri'.
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(わたし)義理(ぎり)(あね)があなたの宿題(しゅくだい)手伝(てつだ)ってくれるものをあてにしていいです。
➥You can depend on my older sister-in-law to help you with your homework.
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Reading

Kana: きり
Romaji: kiri
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

paulownia tree; Paulownia tomentosa

Kanji

Readings: トウ、 ドウ、 きり
Meaning: paulownia

Reading

Kana: きり
Romaji: kiri
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

drill; auger

Kanji

Readings: スイ、 きり
Meanings: auger, drill, awl, pyramid, cone

Example Sentences

円錐形(えんすいがた)定義(ていぎ)(おし)えてくれませんか。
➥Can you give me the definition of a cone?
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会場(かいじょう)(たつ)すいの余地(よち)もないほどに聴衆(ちょうしゅう)()まっていた。
➥The hall was filled with such a large audience that there wasn't even standing room.
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その列車(れっしゃ)はみな、発車(はっしゃ)10(ふん)(まえ)満員(まんいん)立錐(りっすい)余地(よち)もなかった。
➥All the coaches of the train were packed to capacity ten minutes before it started.
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日本人(にっぽんじん)円錐形(えんすいがた)(やま)富士山(ふじさん)(ほこ)りにしている。
➥The Japanese pride themselves on Mt. Fuji, a cone-shaped mountain.
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会場(かいじょう)(ひと)であふれ、立錐(りっすい)余地(よち)なしという(だい)盛況(せいきょう)だったね。
➥The concert hall was so jam-packed there wasn't room to breathe.
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切り

限り、

Reading

Kana: きり
Romaji: kiri
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

end; finish; stop

2

bounds; limits

See also: 切りがない 切りのない
3

delivery date (of a futures contract)

Note: esp. 限り,限
4

finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in joruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville)

suf
ctr
5

counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat)

prt
6

only; just

Note: senses 6-8 are sometimes pronounced ぎり, esp. in old-fashioned speech
Note: word usually written using kana alone
See also: っ切り (reading っきり, entry #1)
7

since; after

Note: usu. in a negative sentence
Note: word usually written using kana alone
8

remaining (in a particular state)

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ
Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp
Readings: ゲン、 かぎ.る、 かぎ.り、 -かぎ.り
Meanings: limit, restrict, to best of ability

Example Sentences

きりがない。
➥This is never going to end.
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(ゆび)()りました。
➥I just cut my finger.
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生活費(せいかつひ)()りつめた。
➥We cut our living costs.
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千切(せんぎ)りにする。
➥Cut into long thin strips.
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(にく)(うす)()りなさい。
➥Cut the meat into thin slices.
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(わたし)()(きたお)()した。
➥I chopped a tree down.
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Reading

Kana: きり
Romaji: kiri
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

fog; mist

See also:
2

spray

Kanji

Readings: ム、 ボウ、 ブ、 きり
Meanings: fog, mist

Example Sentences

(きり)がはれた。
➥The fog has lifted.
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(まち)(きり)(つつ)まれた。
➥The city was wrapped in fog.
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朝日(あさひ)(きり)をおいやった。
➥The rising sun dispelled the mist.
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(きり)(たこ)()めた。
➥The fog closed in.
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今日(きょう)(とく)(きり)()い。
➥Today the fog is as thick as pea soup.
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私達(わたしたち)(きり)(なか)(まよ)った。
➥We got lost in the fog.
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