ちり

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    dust

    • 1年が過ぎ、彼の死体は塵と化した。
      A year had passed by and his body turned to dust.
  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    trash, garbage, rubbish, dirt

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    negligible amount, tiny bit
    usu. as 塵ほども...ない

  4. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    hustle and bustle (of life), worldly cares, impurities of the world

  5. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    ritual gestures indicating that a fight will be clean
    abbreviation