Kanji1 / 11
理 kanji
logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
リ
Kun readings
ことわり
Words with 理
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —群衆心理mass psychology; mob psychology; crowd psychology; herd mentality; group mind
- —無理圧状forced compliance; coercion; compulsion
- —仏恥義理(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
- —理性の箍the bounds of reason; the limits of (common) sense
- —理に適うto make sense
- —整理箪笥bureau; chest of drawers; cabinet
- —超紐理論superstring theory
- —曖昧理論fuzzy theory
- —曖昧論理fuzzy logic
- —陰線処理hidden line removal; hidden line elimination
- —義理まんsexual intercourse permitted (by a woman) due to a sense of obligation (rather than desire)
- —ゴミ処理garbage disposal; refuse disposal; waste treatment
- —理由づけrationalization; justification
- —料理ベタno good at cooking
- —賄い料理meals prepared for employees (e.g. of a restaurant); staff meals
- —無理無くreasonably; comfortably; without hardship; without straining oneself
- —無理無いnatural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
- —理屈ぬきwithout any reason; without logic; visceral
- —とり料理chicken dish; dish whose main ingredient is chicken
- —義理がたいpossessed of a strong sense of duty