Japanese definitions
- (ことわり)物事の筋道。
- (きめ)物の表面にある細かい筋。
- (リ) 物事の経緯が、当然にそのようになること。物事の筋道。
English definitions
- reason; principle; logic
- general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)
- the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
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