義理
N1ぎり giri
- duty
- sense of duty
- honor
- decency
- courtesy
- debt of gratitude
- social obligation
nounの-adjective
Chinese meanings
情义;义务
Examples
- 義理だけの拍手をもらう。It was just polite applause.得到了礼节性的掌声。
- 私は彼に義理を立てなければならない。I have to do right by him.我必须对他尽到情义。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a7495d2ed6'); // 義理
{
"id": "a7495d2ed6",
"word": "義理",
"reading": "ぎり",
"romaji": "giri",
"meanings": [
"duty",
"sense of duty",
"honor",
"decency",
"courtesy",
"debt of gratitude",
"social obligation"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n",
"adj-no"
],
"jmdict_id": 1225920,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "義理だけの拍手をもらう。",
"furigana": "{義理|ぎり}だけの{拍手|はくしゅ}をもらう。",
"en": "It was just polite applause.",
"tatoeba_id": 182907
},
{
"ja": "私は彼に義理を立てなければならない。",
"furigana": "{私|わたし}は{彼|かれ}に{義理|ぎり}を{立|た}てなければならない。",
"en": "I have to do right by him.",
"tatoeba_id": 154177
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "70a1e509d29b0a68779513316b904701530ed7e93c37ccef96cb249e4bdb1dc6",
"meanings": [
"情义",
"义务"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "義理だけの拍手をもらう。",
"zh": "得到了礼节性的掌声。"
},
{
"ja": "私は彼に義理を立てなければならない。",
"zh": "我必须对他尽到情义。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/a7495d2ed6",
"JMdict ent_seq 1225920; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "72919aa46f54fd9d65a682918ce1b7592fd7575e674ed9872c497607e6e5b1b4",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}