義理

Reading

Kana: ぎり
Romaji: giri
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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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