研究社 新和英中辞典

り^１ 里

a ri《★＝約 4 km》.

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り^２ 利

1

〈利益〉	benefit
〈もうけ〉	(a) profit; 【形式ばった表現】 gain(s)

利を得る

make [gain] a profit 《on the transaction》

profit 《from the sale》

利を求める

seek a profit

利に聡(_さと)い

be alive [wide‐awake] to one's interests

have a quick eye for a profit [for gain]

《口語》 have an eye to the main chance

《口語》 know which side one's bread is buttered on

漁夫の利

ぎょふ.

2

〈有利〉	an advantage

地の利

a geographical advantage

人の利

an advantage in manpower.

用例

地の利をうまくつかえばこのゲームは勝てる. We can win this game if we make the most of our home advantage. 戦い利あらず. The chances [odds] are against us.

3 〈利子〉 interest ⇒ →りし.

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り^３ 理

1

〈道理〉

reason

理を説く

reason with somebody

理にかなう

be reasonable

stand to reason

理にかなわない

be unreasonable

【形式ばった表現】 be contrary to reason.

2

〈原理〉	a principle.

理が非でも

at all cost(s).

理の当然

…するのは理の当然である

It is only natural [It stands to reason] that one should do

用例

彼がこれ以上投資したくないのは理の当然である. It is only natural that he doesn't want to make any further investment.

理に落ちる

【形式ばった表現】 become disputatious.

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利

読み方 り

名詞

1

（＝利益）good; benefit; advantage; interest:（私の利）self-interest; one's own interests; the main chance:（金銭上の利）gain; profit:（=する） to profit （by something）; to benefit （oneself―by something）; to derive benefit （from something）

用例

一利一害
“Where there is good, there is evil.”

利を得る、利を占める
to derive benefit （from something）―（金銭上の利なら）―gain―make a profit―realize a profit―reap profits

漁夫の利を得る
to play off one man against another

堅い商売は利が薄い
A sound business yields little profit.

利を貪る
to be covetous of gain

利を図る
to look to one's interests―consult one's interests―promote one's interests

彼は自分の利をのみ図っている
He only consults his own interests―He has an eye to the main chance only―He only takes care of No.1―He only looks out for No.1.

彼は利を見るに敏なり
He has a quick eyes for the main chance.

目前の利
immediate gain―immediate advantage

目前の利を図る
to look to immediate advantage

利に迷う
to be tempted by gain

目前の利に迷う
to be tempted by the prospect of immediate gain

彼は目前の利に迷って遠大の利を見のがす
He is tempted by the prospect of immediate advantage to overlook future interest.

目前の利に走る
He runs after immediate advantage―takes a short-sighted policy.

彼は利のためなら何でもする
He will do anything for the sake of gain.

人の利に集まる蟻の甘きに就くが如し
Men are attracted by hope of gain as ants are by sweets.

そこが我れに利のあるところだ
That is where our advantage lies.

天の利
natural advantages

地の利
the advantage of position―the strength of position―a geographical advantage―a strategic advantage

地の利は我れにあり
The advantage of position lies with us.

地の利を占める、地の利に拠る
to occupy an advantageous position―hold vantage-ground

人の利
the advantage of union―the strength of union

地の利は人の利に如かず
The strength of position can not prevail over the strength of union.

門閥の利
the advantages of birth

この学校へ通って利するところがある
I have benefited by attending this school―I have derived benefit from this school―（は文章語、通例は）―I am the better for attending this school―This school has done me good.

この本を読んで利するところがある
I have profited by reading this book―I have read this book with profit―to my profit―I am the better for reading this book―The book has done me good.

君は二三年洋行したら非常に利するところがあるだろう
A few years abroad will do you a world of good.

己を利する
to benefit oneself

己を利せんと欲せばまず人を利すべし
If you would benefit yourself, you must first live for others.

2

（＝利子）interest

用例

利が利を生む
Interest yields interest.

単利、複利
simple interest―compound interest

安い利、高い利
a low rate of interest―a high rate of interest

彼は利を取って金を貸し付ける
He lends out money at interest.

安い利で金を貸す
He lends money at a low rate of interest.

高い利で金を借りる
to borrow money at a high rate of interest

一割二分の利で金を借りた
I borrowed money at 12 percent （12%） interest.

公債には五分の利が付く
The bonds bear interest―carry interest―at 5%.

五分利公債
the five percent bonds―the five percents

証券には日付の日から利が付く
The bond draws interest from its date.

定期預金には六分の利が付く
Six percent interest is paid on fixed deposits.

借金には利が付く
A loan must be paid with interest.

（悪口なら）利を付けて返上する
I can pay back with interest.

日歩二銭の利
interest at the rate of 2 sen per diem

3

（＝勝利）victory

用例

戦い利あり
The day is won.

戦い利あらず
The day is lost.

鉄砲に刀では利が無い
The sword can not contend against the gun―The sword is powerless against the gun.

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理

読み方 り

名詞

1

（＝道理）reason

用例

その理を解するに苦しむ
I am at a loss to comprehend the reason.

それも一理ある
There is some reason in what you say―（を通例略して）―There is something in that.

世人彼を恐るる理無きにあらず
It is not without reason that people fear him―People has good reason to fear him―People may well fear him.

理に服す（聞き分ける）
to listen to reason

僕は理には服す
I am amenable to reason―open to conviction.

理に服させる
to convince a man

彼は理に服さぬ
He is deaf to reason―inconvincible.

理を説く
to reason with one

彼はいくら理を説いても聞き分けぬ
It is no use reasoning with him―He will not listen to reason―come to reason.

この説は理にかなっている
The theory consists with reason―It is consistent with reason.

理にかなわぬ
It is not consistent with reason.

理にかなった行動
a consistent action

理に反する
It is contrary to reason―against reason.

負けた者が入費を持つのは理の当然だ
It stands to reason that the vanquished party should pay the expenses.

あの勉強家が成功するのは理の当然だ
It is quite natural that such a hard-working man should succeed―Such a worker ought to succeed.

溢れる人口が出口を求めるのは理の当然だ
It is but natural that an overflowing population should seek an outlet.

話が理に落ちる
The talk becomes serious―takes a serious turn.

2

（＝真理）a truth

用例

万世不易の理
an eternal truth

それも一理ある
There is some truth in what you say―（を略して通例）―There is something in that.

理に二つは無い
There is only one truth―“Whatever is, is”

理外の理
a transcendental truth

理外の理というものがある
Every rule has its exceptions.

万々その理無し
It can not possibly be true.

3

（＝原理）a principle; a philosophy

用例

陰陽の理
the principle of duality

数理
a mathematical principle

Plato は霊魂不死の理を解く
Plato expounds the philosophy of the immortality of the soul.

4

（＝理非の理）right （or wrong）

用例

どちらに理があるか、どちらが非か
Which is in the right? Which is in the wrong?

被告の方に理がある
The defendant is in the right.

理を非にする
to talk right into wrong

理が非でも彼は言い出した事を通す
Right or wrong, he persists in his statement.

理が非でもその品を手に入れたい
I must have the article by fair means or foul―by hook or by crook―I must needs have the article.

双方に五分の理がある
Much might be said on both sides.

盗人にも三分の理あり
“Give the devil his due.”

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里

読み方 り

名詞

A ri（＝2.44 miles）

用例

百里行く者は九十九里をもって半ばとす
“There is many a slip betwixt the cup and the lip”

酒屋へ三里豆腐屋へ二里
There is no human habitation within five miles of the place―The place is five miles from anywhere.

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人

読み方：り、たり、にん

(1)

（助数詞） counter for people

(2)

（名詞） (usu. in compound words) person

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利

読み方：り

（名詞） advantage; benefit; profit; interest

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吏

読み方：り

（名詞）（古語） an official

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理

読み方：り

(1)

（名詞） reason; principle; logic

(2)

general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)

(3)

(in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos

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里

読み方：り

(1)

（名詞） ri (old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles)

(2)

neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes)

(3)

unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)

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離

読み方：り

（名詞） li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

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Japan plow

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日本人苗字

利、李

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