Word Meaning 義理

ぎり giri

義理 is read as ぎり (giri) and means in-law.

Meaning

English

  1. in-law
  2. relation by marriage
  3. duty
  4. sense of duty
  5. honor
  6. honour
  7. decency
  8. courtesy

Reading

Kana

ぎり

Romaji

giri

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 2222 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

義理人情

ぎりにんじょう

duty and humanity

義理合い

ぎりあい

social relationship

義理立て

ぎりだて

doing one's duty

義理にも

ぎりにも

in all conscience

義理まん

ぎりまん

sexual intercourse permitted (by a woman) due to a sense of obligation (rather than desire)

義理チョコ

ぎりちょこ

obligation chocolate

不義理

ふぎり

failure to pay back one's debt

理想主義

りそうしゅぎ

idealism

行動主義心理学

こうどうしゅぎしんりがく

behavioral psychology

市場原理主義

しじょうげんりしゅぎ

market fundamentalism

近代合理主義

きんだいごうりしゅぎ

modern rationalism

Example Sentences

10

かれはぎりのあにをかぞくとしてたいせつにしている。

He cherishes his older brother-in-law as family.

I like my mother-in-law.

Tom is my father-in-law.

Tom has a deep sense of duty and humanity.

My mother-in-law is kind.

My mother-in-law have been strict to me.

Her father-in-law is strict.

My father-in-law is a lawyer.

Mary is Tom's mother-in-law.

Tom is Mary's father-in-law.