斎藤和英大辞典

起り

読み方 おこり

名詞

1

（＝起源）the origin; the source; the beginning; the birth; the root; the genesis

用例

戦争の起こりは何であったか
What was the origin of the war?―What did the war originate in?

戦争の起こりは領土の争い
The war originated in―had its origin in―territorial dispute.

けんかの起こりは冗談から
The quarrel began in a joke.

文明の起こり
the birth of civilization

万物の起こり
the genesis of things

事の起こり
the root of the matter

事の起こりは彼自身に在る
He has the root of the matter in him.

あの家の繁栄の起こりは台湾戦争からだ
The prosperity of the family dates from the Formosan War.

2

（＝原因）to cause

用例

戦争の起こりは何であったか
What was the cause of the war?―What caused the war?

戦争の起こりは種々あった
The war was due to various causes.

失敗の起こりは無能
His failure was due to his incompetence―His incompetence was the cause of his failure―His incompetence was responsible for his failure.

JMdict

起り

読み方：むくり

（名詞）（かな表記が多い） camber

---

起こり

読み方：おこり

起り、起 とも書く

（名詞） source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis

日本語WordNet(英和)

起り

【名詞】

1 beginning

何かの初めの部分の出来事

(the event consisting of the start of something)

the beginning of the war 戦争の始まり

2 cause

何かの起源である発生力を提供する出来事

(events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something)

they are trying to determine the cause of the crash 彼らは衝突の原因を決定しようとしている

3 beginning, origin, source, root, rootage

何かが生まれて、始まる場所

(the place where something begins, where it springs into being)

the Italian beginning of the Renaissance イタリアのルネッサンスの始まり Jupiter was the origin of the radiation 木星は発光の起源だ Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River ピッツバーグがオハイオ川の源だ communism's Russian root 共産主義のロシアでの発祥地

>>「起り」に関する類語一覧

EDR日英対訳辞書

起り

読み方 オコリ

beginning；cause；come into being