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非理 (ひり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Expressions 非ひ 理り 法ほう 権けん 天てん right over wrong, law over right, power over law, heaven over power Kanji 理 logic, arrangement, reason Related words 不ふ 合ごう 理り 不合理 is more common and broadly means 'irrational' or 'unreasonable', while 非理 is less frequent and emphasizes a lack of logic or reason.
理り 不ふ 尽じん 理不尽 implies unfairness or unreasonableness that causes frustration, whereas 非理 is a more neutral, logical judgment.
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There are many illogical points in that argument.
Etymology Compound of 非 (hi, 'non-', 'un-') and 理 (ri, 'reason', 'logic'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common Sino-Japanese pattern for negation.
