Definition of おり

おりori《降り》

noun:

  • giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles - Mahjong term

Example Sentences

死亡shibou事例jireiがga19件kenとto全体zentaiのno20％％をwo超えてkoeteおりori、過労死karoushiのno深刻なshinkokuna実態jittaiがga浮き彫りになったukiborininatta。
With 19 cases of death forming over 20% of the whole, the grave reality of overwork-deaths has been thrown into relief.
アメリカAMERIKAはha世界sekaiのno１／４のno二酸化炭素nisankatansoをwo排出haishutsuしてshiteおりori、一人当たり一nin'atariのno排出haishutsu量ryouもmo世界sekaiでde最もmottomo多いooiのですnodesu。
1/4 of the world's carbon dioxide emissions are from America: its per-capita emissions are also the greatest in the world.
動詞doushihelpはhato不定詞・原形不定詞genkeifuteikotobaのno両方ryouhouをwoとりますtorimasuがga、くだけたkudaketa文体buntaiでdeはha原形不定詞genkeifuteikotobaがga多いooiとtoされてsareteおりori、このkono例文reibunでもdemoそれsoreがga使われていますtsukawareteimasu。
The verb 'help' takes to-infinitives and bare infinitives but bare infinitives are said to be the most common in casual text; as also used in this example sentence.
多くookuのno言語gengoでde辞書形jishogataのno語尾gobiがga決まってkimatteおりori、日本語nihongoでdeはhaう段udanのno文字mojiでde終わるowaru。
In many languages the way dictionary-form words end is fixed; in Japanese they end in a 'u row' character.
最新のsaishinno報告書houkokushoにはniha、全世界zensekaiでde密輸mitsuyuされているsareteiruコカインKOKAINのno９０％％がga海路kairoでde運ばれてhakobareteおりori、そのsonoほとんどhotondoがgaスピードボートSUPIIDOBOOTOによるniyoruものmonoだdaとto記されているshirusareteiru。
In the latest report, it is written that 90% of all the cocaine smuggled in the world is transported by sea, and most of that by speedboat.

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