Meanings
Noun
1. reason; principle; logic
2. general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)
3. (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
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Used in vocabulary (131 in total)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage