ぎり
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation
Adjective (の)
2. in-law; relation by marriage
Pitch accent
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Composed of
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
Used in vocabulary (19 in total)
neglect of one's social obligations; failure to perform one's social duties; dishonor; failure to pay back one's debt
possessed of a strong sense of duty
obligation chocolate; chocolate given by women to male colleagues, etc. out of obligation on Valentine's day
Examples (2 in total)
Tom is Mary's son-in-law.
My brother-in-law passed away last Wednesday.