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    3. 理

    理

    理り

    reason

    KMT1News #2+1NounScience & MathReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    り

    Noun

    1.
    reason, principle, logic
    2.
    general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)
    Buddhism
    3.
    the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)

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    それには理りがあります。

    There is a reason for that.

    KMT1Core Concepts
    彼かれの話はなしには理りがある。

    His story makes sense.

    KMT1Daily Life
    科か学がくは自し然ぜんの理りを解かい明めいしようとします。

    Science tries to unravel the principles of nature.

    KMT2Science & MathNature & Environment
    物ぶつ理り学がくは、宇う宙ちゅうの根こん本ぽん的てきな理りを探たん求きゅうする学がく問もんです。

    Physics is a discipline that explores the fundamental principles of the universe.

    KMT3Science & MathEducation
    東とう洋よう哲てつ学がくでは、万ばん物ぶつの根こん源げんに「理り」があると考かんがえられています。

    In Eastern philosophy, it is believed that "ri" (principle) exists at the root of all things.

    KMT4Religion & Philosophyphilosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    理
    ことわり…(17)
    logic・arrangement・reason・justice・truth
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