義ぎ理り人にん情じょう

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Meanings

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noun

duty and humanity; moral obligation and humane feelings

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

A yojijukugo expressing the interplay between social/moral duty (義理) and human compassion (人情). Often used when discussing the tension or balance between obligation and personal feeling.

彼かれは義ぎ理り人にん情じょうに厚あつい人

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He is a person with a strong sense of duty and compassion.

義ぎ理り人にん情じょうの板いた挟ばさみになって苦くるしんだ。

I suffered, caught between duty and human feeling.