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Zach

原理

Reading

Kana: げんり
Romaji: genri
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Definition

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principle; theory; fundamental truth

Kanji

Readings: ゲン、 はら
Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth

Example Sentences

(かれ)はひとつの原理(げんり)(かんが)えだした。
➥He figured out a principle.
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(だれ)もがその(かんが)えを原理的(げんりてき)には(みと)めるだろう。
➥Everyone will accept that idea in principle.
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人間(にんげん)社会(しゃかい)のことがらにおいて、恐怖(きょうふ)ではなく希望(きぼう)創造(そうぞう)原理(げんり)となる。
➥Hope, not fear, is the creative principle in human affairs.
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多数決(たすうけつ)原理(げんり)民主(みんしゅ)主義(しゅぎ)根本(こんぽん)原則(げんそく)だ。
➥Majority rule is a basic principle of democracy.
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仏教(ぶっきょう)原理(げんり)(したが)って行動(こうどう)するのは(むずか)しいですか。
➥Is it difficult to act according to Buddhist principles?
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(こわ)れたラジオを修理(しゅうり)していて、回路(かいろ)動作(どうさ)原理(げんり)理解(りかい)できていないことに(あらた)めて()がつきます。
➥Repairing a broken radio I realise over again that I don't have an understanding of the operating principles of circuitry.
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