利

Meanings

1. Noun

   advantage; benefit; profit; interest

• よくも俺おれにそんな口くちが利りけるな。

  How dare you talk to me like that!

• よくも私わたしにそんな口くちを利りけるものだな。

  How dare you speak like that to me?

• 初はじめて上手じょうずに口くちが利りけるようになった子供こどもは「なぜ」とか「なに」とかを連発れんぱつして両親りょうしんを悩なやますものだ。

  A child who has just learned to talk will badger his parents with "whys" and "whats".

• 「『ひまり』って、どんな字じ書かくの？」「えっとね、太陽たいようの『陽ひ』に『万まん』。一万いちまん、二に万まんのね。『莉』は草冠くさかんむりに『利り』」「草冠くさかんむりに『り』？」「のぎへんにりっとう」「ああっ！ジャスミンの！」「ジャスミン？」「なんでもない。気きにしないで」

  "How d'ya write 'Himari'?" "Uh, the second character in 'sun,' and then the character that goes 'man.' Y'know, like ten thousand, twenty thousand and so on. Then the 'ri' part is the 'ri' with a grass radical." "'Ri' with a grass radical?" "Yeah, with the grain stalk radical and the sword part on the right" "Oh! From Jasmine!" "Jasmine?" "Nothing. Don't worry about it."