おり

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
檻

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おり [òríꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞ɾʲi]

Noun

おり • (ori) ^{←をり (wori)^?}

cage; cell
- 1936, Unno Jūza, Chikyū Tōnan [Globe Theft]‎^[1]:
  
  その第(だい)四(よん)号(ごう)の檻(おり)の中(なか)には、一(いっ)体(たい)どんな生(い)き物(もの)が入(はい)っていたのだろうか？
  Sono dai-yongō no ori no naka ni wa, ittai donna ikimono ga haitteita no darō ka?
  Exactly what kind of animal was within the fourth cage?

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
折折り

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おり [òríꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞ɾʲi]

Noun

おり • (ori) ^{←をり (wori)^?}

(the act of) folding
a fold (where something has been folded)
Synonym: 折(お)り目(め) (orime)
a small box made of thin wood or cardboard
Synonym: 折(お)り箱(ばこ) (oribako)
occasion; time
Synonym: とき (toki)

暑(あつ)さ厳(きび)しき折(おり) ― atsusa kibishiki ori ― these sweltering times

早(そう)秋(しゅう)の折(おり) ― sōshū no ori ― late autumn

結(けっ)婚(こん)式(しき)の折(おり) ― kekkonshiki no ori ― time of a wedding

そんな折(おり) ― sonna ori ― that kind of time

Verb

おり • (ori) ^{←をり (wori)^?}

stem or continuative form of おる (oru) [godan]

Etymology 3

Alternative spellings
織織り

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おり [òríꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞ɾʲi]

Noun

おり • (ori) ^{←おり (ori)^?}

織: weaving

Verb

おり • (ori) ^{←おり (ori)^?}

stem or continuative form of おる (oru) [godan]

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of おり – see the following entry.

【居り】	[verb] Classical Japanese form of おる (oru): to exist, to be, to sit [verb] stem or continuative form of おる (oru) [godan]

(This term, おり (ori), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as おり, see Category:Japanese kanji read as おり.

References

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