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ぎり
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation
I was never under any obligation to help these three in the first place.
Adjective (の)
2. in-law; relation by marriage
Well, technically she's my sister-in-law.
Alt. forms
義ぎ理り
68%
ぎり
18%
ギリ
13%
Pitch accent
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り
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Used in: 815
Composed of
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
Used in vocabulary (19 in total)
neglect of one's social obligations; failure to perform one's social duties; dishonor; failure to pay back one's debt
possessed of a strong sense of duty
obligation chocolate; chocolate given by women to male colleagues, etc. out of obligation on Valentine's day
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Examples (10 in total)
There is no obligation to accept it.
I am getting along well with my father-in-law.
She is my sister-in-law.
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