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道どう理り
Meanings
Noun
1. reason; logic; sense; truth; right
Alt. forms
道どう理り
98%
どうり
1%
Kanji used
道
roadway
理
logic
Pitch accent
ど
うり
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Used in: 2149
Composed of
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
the principle of the thing
to stand to reason
the principle of the thing
to stand to reason
unreasonableness; absurdity; irrationality
contrary to reason
very reasonable; being perfectly consistent with reason; standing to reason
indeed; it's no wonder
Examples (2 in total)
There's no reason to believe it.
Why will you not listen to reason?