ぎり

See also: きり

Japanese

Etymology 1

Clipping of ぎりぎり.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎり [gíꜜrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲiɾʲi]

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

For pronunciation and definitions of ぎり – see the following entries.

【切り】 [suffix] way of cutting

【義理】 [noun] duty, obligation, burden of obligation. It can be defined as "to serve one's superiors with a self-sacrificing devotion".

(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.)