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どうり
Meanings
Noun
1. reason; logic; sense; truth; right
Alt. forms
道
どう
理
り
98%
どうり
1%
Pitch accent
ど
うり
Used in: 92
Composed of
どう
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
り
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
どうり
で
indeed; it's no wonder
ものの
どうり
the principle of the thing
どうり
にかな
う
to stand to reason
3 more...
Examples (2 in total)
それを
信
しん
じる
どうり
はない。
There's no reason to believe it.
どうしてお
前
まえ
は
どうり
に
従
したが
おうとしないのか。
Why will you not listen to reason?