ぎり

See also: きり

Japanese

Etymology 1

Clipping of ぎりぎり (girigiri).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ぎり or ギリ • (giri) -na (adnominal ぎりな (giri na), adverbial ぎりに (giri ni))

  1. just barely

Etymology 2

From きり (kiri) by rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Particle

ぎり • (giri) 

  1. (dated) alternative form of きり (kiri)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of ぎり – see the following entries.
【切り】
[suffix] way of cutting
Alternative spelling
切
【義理】
[noun] duty, obligation, burden of obligation
[noun] a non-blood relation considered like a blood relation; -in-law or step-
(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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