理

Meaning

1. n
   reason; principle; logic
2. n
   general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)
3. n
   the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
4. n
   reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

Example sentences

• 理論は理にかなっていたけれども、彼は納得しなかった。

  Although the arguments were rational, he was not convinced.

• 彼女の言わんとすることはある意味では理にかなっている。

  What she means is reasonable in a certain sense.

• 彼の言葉は理にかなっているようだ。

  His words sound reasonable.