Meaning of り in Japanese

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Definition of り

り(ri) 【 利 】

利 Kanji Details

  1. (n) advantage; benefit; profit; interest
り(ri) 【 吏 】

吏 Kanji Details

  1. (n) an official
り(ri) 【 里 】

里 Kanji Details

  1. (n) ri (old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles)

    １００里を行く者は９９里を半ばとする。
    There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

  2. neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes) →Related words: 郷里制 , 国郡里制
  3. unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m) →Related words: 条里制
り(ri) 【 理 】

理 Kanji Details

  1. (n) reason; principle; logic
  2. (Buddh) general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon) →Related words: 事
  3. (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
にん(nin) · たり(tari) · り(ri) 【 人 】

人 Kanji Details

  1. (ctr) counter for people
  2. (n) (usu. in compound words) person
り(ri) 【 離 】

離 Kanji Details

  1. (n) li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

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