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    3. 義理

    義理

    義ぎ理り

    duty

    N1KMT6News #14+1CoreFamily & RelationshipsEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab24 strokes

    ぎり

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    duty, sense of duty, honor, honour, decency, courtesy, debt of gratitude, social obligation

    Particle

    2.
    in-law, relation by marriage

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    義ぎ理りでプレゼントをあげました。

    I gave a present out of obligation.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    日に本ほんでは義ぎ理りを重おもんじる文ぶん化かがあります。

    In Japan, there is a culture that values social obligation.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology
    義ぎ理りの母はははとても優やさしい人ひとです。

    My mother-in-law is a very kind person.

    KMT6Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    義ぎ理りで参さん加かするパーティーはあまり楽たのしくない。

    Parties I attend out of obligation are not very fun.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれは義ぎ理りの兄あにですが、本ほん当とうの兄きょう弟だいのように仲なかが良よいです。

    He is my brother-in-law, but we get along like real brothers.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    義
    righteousness・justice・morality・honor・loyalty…(1)
    理
    ことわり…(17)
    logic・arrangement・reason・justice・truth
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