どう
Meanings
Noun
1. reason; logic; sense; truth; right
Kanji used
roadway
logic
Pitch accent
うり
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Composed of
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
the principle of the thing
to stand to reason
the principle of the thing
Examples (2 in total)
There's no reason to believe it.
Why will you not listen to reason?