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Japanese
Etymology 1
Clipping of ぎりぎり.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ぎり or ギリ • (giri) -na (adnominal ぎりな (giri na), adverbial ぎりに (giri ni))
- just barely
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of ぎり – see the following entries.
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| 【義理】
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- duty, obligation, burden of obligation. It can be defined as "to serve one's superiors with a self-sacrificing devotion".
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(This term, ぎり (giri), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ぎり, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぎり.)
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