No. 1,510 in Japanese
り
The Japanese word "り" is a hiragana character and does not have a standalone meaning; it is used as part of words or grammatical structures.
In a sentence
海を見ることで心が落ち着きます。
Seeing the sea calms the mind.
り is part of the verb 見る (to see) in its stem form, creating the noun 'seeing'.
彼は勉強が終わり、休憩を始めた。
He finished studying and started resting.
り is part of the noun 終わり (end, conclusion), derived from the verb 終わる (to finish).
花びらが風に舞い上がり、空に消えていった。
The petals swirled up in the wind and disappeared into the sky.
り is part of the verb 舞い上がり (to soar up) in its conjunctive form, indicating an action leading to another.
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