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理

理 — logic, arrangement, reason

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Kun
ことわり
Strokes
11
JLPT
N4
School grade
2

Common words with 理

  • 管理かんりcontrol; management (e.g. of a business)Common

    彼に財産管理を任せた。
    I entrusted my property to him.

  • 理事りじdirector; trusteeCommon

    彼らは彼を理事に任命した。
    They appointed him as a director.

  • 理由りゆうreason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motiveCommon

    どうしてあなたにお詫びする理由があるのですか。
    Why should I apologize to you?

  • 処理しょりprocessing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposalCommon
  • 総理そうりprime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premierCommon
  • 理解りかいunderstanding; comprehension; appreciationCommon
  • 料理りょうりcooking; cookery; cuisine; food; dishCommon
  • 理りreason; principle; logicCommon
  • 代理だいりrepresentation; agency; proxyCommon
  • 理念りねん(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational p…Common
  • 倫理りんりethics; moralsCommon
  • 原理げんりprinciple; theory; fundamental truthCommon
  • 心理しんりstate of mind; mentality; psychologyCommon
  • 整理せいりsorting; arrangement; organization; putting in order; adjustment; regulationCommon
  • 無理むりunreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiableCommon
  • 理想りそうideal; idealsCommon
  • 理論りろんtheoryCommon
  • 論理ろんりlogicCommon
  • 合理化ごうりかrationalization; making (something) conform to reason; justificationCommon
  • 管理職かんりしょくmanagement; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial po…Common

With the N5–N4 kanji, you can read 194 words that use 理.

  • 理事 りじ director; trustee
  • 料理 りょうり cooking; cookery; cuisine; food; dish
  • 理 り reason; principle; logic
  • 代理 だいり representation; agency; proxy
  • 心理 しんり state of mind; mentality; psychology

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