Illustration: At a hands-on science exhibit in Japan, a small child pushes down the long end of a sturdy lever while an adult sits on the short end near its pivot. The adult's seat rises surprisingly easily, leaving their shoes dangling just above the floor.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

原げん理り

genri

principle

Example sentences

  1. 誰だれもがその考かんがえを原理げんり的てきには認みとめるだろう。

    Everyone will accept that idea in principle.

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  2. 彼かれはひとつの原理げんりを考かんがえだした。

    He figured out a principle.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 多数決たすうけつ原理げんりが民主主義みんしゅしゅぎの根本原則こんぽんげんそくだ。

    Majority rule is a basic principle of democracy.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 原理

  • 原meadow; originalOnゲンKunはら
  • 理logic; arrangementOnリKunことわり

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