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reason, principle, logic; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
reason, logic, sense, natural way of things
reason, pretext, motive
understanding, comprehension, appreciation; sympathy
theory
ideal, ideals
director, trustee
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights), foundational principle, idea, conception (e.g. of the university), doctrine, ideology
theory, reason, logic; (unreasonable) argument, strained logic, excuse, pretext
reason, reasoning power, (one's) sense
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.), natural science; science department (university), science course; science (as a school subject)
physical science, natural science; physics; lixue (Song-era Chinese philosophy)
science and technology
science
haircut
ideal
department of science
unreasonable, irrational, outrageous, absurd
department of science and engineering
- 理路りろ
logic, reasoning, argument
- 理知りち
intellect, intelligence
- 理数りすう
science and mathematics
- 理詰めりづめ
reasoning, logic, persuasion
- 理容りよう
barbering, haircutting, hairdressing
- 理化学りかがく
physics and chemistry
- 理財りざい
finance, economy
- 理法りほう
law
- 理非りひ
right and wrong
- 理外りがい
supra-rational
- 理力りりょく
the Force (in Star Wars)
- 理会りかい
becoming aware, understanding, comprehension
- 理知的りちてき
intellectual
- 理論づけるりろんづける
to theorize
- 理由付けりゆうづけ
rationalization, justification
- 理にかなうりにかなう
to make sense
- 理系離れりけいばなれ
flight from science
- 理由をつけるりゆうをつける
to give a reason
- 理性のタガりせいのたが
the bounds of reason, the limits of (common) sense
- 理想主義りそうしゅぎ
idealism
- 理髪師りはつし
barber