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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

義ぎ理り

giri

social obligation, sense of duty

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは彼かれに義理ぎりを立たてなければならない。

    I have to do right by him.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 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は見みつからない。

    We cannot find an English equivalent for the Japanese 'giri'.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 義理ぎりだけの拍手はくしゅをもらう。

    It was just polite applause.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 義理

  • 義righteousness; justiceOnギ
  • 理logic; arrangementOnリKunことわり

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