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Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation
もともと、この
三
さん
人
にん
を
助
たす
ける
義
ぎ
理
り
はないのだ。
I was never under any obligation to help these three in the first place.
Adjective (の)
2. in-law; relation by marriage
正
せい
確
かく
には、
彼
かの
女
じょ
は
義
ぎ
理
り
の
妹
いもうと
だけどね。
Well, technically she's my sister-in-law.
Alt. forms
義
ぎ
理
り
68%
ぎり
18%
ギリ
13%
Pitch accent
ギ
リ
Top 19800
Used in: 764
Composed of
ギ
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
リ
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
Used in vocabulary (14 in total)
ギリ
チョコ
obligation chocolate; chocolate given by women to male colleagues, etc. out of obligation on Valentine's day
ギリ
ダテ
doing one's duty
フ
ギリ
neglect of one's social obligations; failure to perform one's social duties; dishonor; failure to pay back one's debt
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Examples (10 in total)
受
う
け
入
い
れる
ぎり
ギリ
はない。
There is no obligation to accept it.
ぎり
ギリ
の
父
ちち
親
おや
とうまくいっている。
I am getting along well with my father-in-law.
彼
かの
女
じょ
は
ぎり
ギリ
の
妹
いもうと
なんです。
She is my sister-in-law.
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