noun
inside this; within
Archaic or highly literary word meaning 'inside this' or 'within'. In modern Japanese, this concept is expressed with phrases like この中 or この内. The kanji form 這裏 is extremely rare and may be encountered only in classical texts.
古い和歌に「しゃり」という語が見られることがある。
The word しゃり can sometimes be found in old waka poems.
Modern equivalent meaning 'inside this' or 'among these'. しゃり is archaic and not used in contemporary speech.
The historical derivation is uncertain; the kanji 這裏 literally mean 'this' and 'inside', but the reading しゃり is irregular and may be a contraction or sound change from an older form.