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利(り)

りri

Very commonNoun

Meanings

Meanings are shown in English (JMdict).

  1. noun

    advantage; benefit; profit; interest

Example sentences 10

漁(ぎょ)夫(ふ)の利(り)。

  • Two dogs fight for a bone, and the third runs away with it.

本(ほん)命(めい)と対(たい)抗(こう)馬(ば)が競(せ)り合(あ)ったお陰(かげ)で、ダークホースの彼(かれ)が漁(ぎょ)夫(ふ)の利(り)を得(え)たってわけだ。

  • Since the favorite and his rival were running against each other a dark horse like him was able to pull out in front.

苛(か)酷(こく)な価(か)格(かく)競(きょう)争(そう)の中(なか)で、A社(しゃ)は我(われ)々(われ)をけしかけてB社(しゃ)と戦(たたか)わせて漁(ぎょ)夫(ふ)の利(り)を得(え)ようとしている。

  • Company A is trying to play us off against Company B in a severe price-war.

「『ひまり』って、どんな字(じ)書(か)くの?」「えっとね、太(たい)陽(よう)の『陽(ひ)』に『万(まん)』。一(いち)万(まん)、二(に)万(まん)のね。『莉(り)』は草(くさ)冠(かんむり)に『利(り)』」「草(くさ)冠(かんむり)に『り』?」「のぎへんにりっとう」「ああっ!ジャスミンの!」「ジャスミン?」「なんでもない。気(き)にしないで」

  • "How d'ya write 'Himari'?" "Uh, the second character in 'sun,' and then the character that goes 'man.' Y'know, like ten thousand, twenty thousand and so on. Then the 'ri' part is the 'ri' with a grass radical." "'Ri' with a grass radical?" "Yeah, with the grain stalk radical and the sword part on the right" "Oh! From Jasmine!" "Jasmine?" "Nothing. Don't worry about it."

愛(あい)は寛(かん)容(よう)にして慈(じ)悲(ひ)あり。愛(あい)は妬(ねた)まず、愛(あい)は誇(ほこ)らず、驕(おご)らず、非(ひ)禮(れい)を行(くだり)はず、己(おのれ)の利(り)を求(もと)めず、憤(いきどお)ほらず、人(ひと)の惡(あく)を念(ねん)はず、不(ふ)義(ぎ)を喜(よろこ)ばずして、眞(ま)理(り)の喜(よろこ)ぶところを喜(よろこ)び、凡(およ)そ事(ごと)忍(しの)び、おほよそ事(ごと)信(しん)じ、おほよそ事(ごと)望(のぞ)み、おほよそ事(ごと)耐(たい)ふるなり。愛(あい)は長(ちょう)久(きゅう)までも絶(ぜっ)ゆることなし。然(しか)れど預(よ)言(げん)は廢(はい)れ、異(い)言(げん)は止(や)み、知(ち)識(しき)もまた廢(はい)らん。

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