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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
advantage;benefit;profit;interest
漁夫の利を占める。
A third party makes off with the profits.
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
archaic
government official;public official
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Japanese league;ri;old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km 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.
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
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numeric
one-hundredth;0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun);0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari);0.0375 grams (one-hundredth of a monme)
彼の打率は３割４分３厘で、ホームランは５４本であった。
He batted .343 with 54 home runs.
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
historical term
rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)
銭厘を大切にすれば大金はおのずとたまる。
Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Other forms
釐 【りん】 (word containing out-dated kanji or kanji usage)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
razón;principio;lógica
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
(Bud) principio general (lo opuesto a fenomeno concreto general)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
(en neoconfucianismo) los principios fundamentales del cosmos
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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.
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Buddhism
general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
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interjection (kandoushi)
abbreviation
Internet slang
understood;OK;roger
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suffix
in (e.g. secret);with (e.g. success)
after a noun that represents a state or condition; often as 〜裏に
Other forms
裡 【り】
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
archaic
diarrhea;diarrhoea
