より

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
ゟ (archaic)
与利 (archaic)

Originally derived as stem noun form of verb よる (yoru, “to arise from, to start from”), spelled variously in kanji as 因る, 依る, 由る.

Pronunciation

Particle

より • (yori) 

  1. than; rather than; more than; more so than
    上(うえ)田(だ)さんは僕(ぼく)より背(せ)が高(たか)い。
    Ueda-san wa boku yori se ga takai.
    Mr. Ueda is taller than I am.
    オレンジより林(りん)檎(ご)が好(す)き。
    Orenji yori ringo ga suki.
    I like apples more than oranges.
  2. from, beyond, or past a point in space or time
    ここより危(あぶ)ないですよ。
    Koko yori abunai desu yo.
    It's dangerous past / beyond / from here.
    千(ち)歳(とせ)より出(しゅっ)発(ぱつ)します。
    Chitose yori shuppatsu shimasu.
    We depart from Chitose.
    博(はく)物(ぶつ)館(かん)の展(てん)示(じ)が 6(ろく)月(がつ) 10(とお)日(か)より開(かい)催(さい)されます。
    Hakubutsukan no tenji ga rokugatsu tōka yori kaisai saremasu.
    The museum exhibit opens from June 10.
Usage notes

The archaic ligature kana ゟ was used for yori from roughly the Edo Period to World War II. It is not used in contemporary Japanese.

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Calque of European grammatical constructions[1] such as English more, leveraging the from, beyond, past sense of the particle.

Pronunciation

Adverb

より • (yori) 

  1. more
    より綺(き)麗(れい)な環(かん)境(きょう)
    yori kirei na kankyō
    a cleaner environment
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      より勝(か)っちゃった。
      Yori katchatta.
      You've won more.
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Alternative spelling
寄り

The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 寄(よ)る (yoru, “to approach, to draw near”).

Pronunciation

Noun

より • (yori) 

  1. leaning
  2. (by extension) tending towards, leaning towards

Verb

より • (yori) 

  1. stem or continuative form of よる (yoru)

Further reading

Etymology 4

Alternative spellings
縒り
撚り

The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 縒る, 撚る (yoru, “to twist, to entwine”).

Pronunciation

Noun

より • (yori) 

  1. twisting

Verb

より • (yori) 

  1. stem or continuative form of よる (yoru)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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