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Japanese symbol for “warranted”

Romaji: rinoaru
justifiable; warranted; reasonable

In Japanese, warranted is , read (rinoaru).

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Meanings

  1. adj-f, exp justifiable; warranted; reasonable

Kanji and stroke order

logic, arrangement, reason
on: リ
kun: ことわり
11 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
りゆう riyuureason; grounds; pretext
りかい rikaiunderstanding; comprehension; appreciation
むり muriunreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable
かんり kanricontrol; management (e.g. of a business)
りょうり ryouricooking; cookery; cuisine
しょり shoriprocessing; dealing with; treatment

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.