- (n) advantage; benefit; profit; interest; (P)[edict]
- (n) (arch) an official[edict]
- (n) (1) reason; principle; logic; (2) {Buddh} (See 事・じ) general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (3) (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos; (P)[edict]
- (n) (1) ri (old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles); (2) (See 郷里制,国郡里制) neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); (3) (See 条里制) unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m); (P)[edict]
- (n) li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching[edict]