Moto 理: Logic; Arrangement; ReasonKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- リ
- Kun'yomi
- ことわり
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 1,554 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (リ)
- 理事りじdirector; trustee
- 理由りゆうreason; pretext
- 管理かんりcontrol; management (e.g. of a business)
- 処理しょりprocessing; dealing with
- 料理りょうりcooking; cookery
- 理りreason; principle
- 理解りかいunderstanding; comprehension
- 総理そうりprime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
- 代理だいりrepresentation; agency
- 倫理りんりethics; morals
- 理念りねん(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle
- 原理げんりprinciple; theory
- 心理しんりstate of mind; mentality
- 整理せいりsorting; arrangement
- 無理むりunreasonable; unnatural
- 理想りそうideal; ideals
- 理論りろんtheory
- 論理ろんりlogic
- 合理化ごうりかrationalization; rationalisation
- 代理店だいりてんagent; agency
- 修理しゅうりrepair; mending
- 管理職かんりしょくmanagement; managerial position
- 総理府そうりふPrime Minister's office; PMO
- 調理ちょうりcooking; food preparation
- 審理しんりtrial
- 物理ぶつりphysics; law of nature
- 物理学ぶつりがくphysics
- 理科りかscience (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science
- 経理けいりaccounting; administration (of money)
- 総理大臣そうりだいじんprime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
- 合理的ごうりてきrational; reasonable
- 地理ちりgeography
- 料理屋りょうりやrestaurant
- 理屈りくつtheory; reason
- 真理しんりtruth
- 合理ごうりrationality
- 天理てんりnatural laws; rule of heaven
- 心理学しんりがくpsychology
- 理学りがくphysical science; natural science
- 病理びょうりpathology
- 義理ぎりduty; sense of duty
- 入国管理局にゅうこくかんりきょくImmigration Bureau; Immigration Office
- 情報処理じょうほうしょりdata processing
- 理想的りそうてきideal
- 無理やりむりやりforcibly; against one's will
- 理工りこうscience and technology
- 理性りせいreason; reasoning power
- 生理せいりphysiology
- 税理士ぜいりしtax counsellor; tax counselor
- 不合理ふごうりirrational; illogical
- 推理すいりreasoning; inference
- 監理かんりsuperintendence; supervision
- 理工学部りこうがくぶdepartment of science and engineering
- 生理学せいりがくphysiology
- 大理石だいりせきmarble
- 推理小説すいりしょうせつmystery novel; detective novel
- 理髪りはつhaircut
- 論理的ろんりてきlogical
- 受理じゅりacceptance
- 倫理的りんりてきethical
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