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理

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    reason, principle, logic

    • 彼の言葉は理にかなっているようだ。
      His words sound reasonable.

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)