Definition of おり

おりori

noun:

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

Example Sentences

死亡shibou事例jireiga19kento全体zentaino20wo超えてkoeteおりori過労死karoushino深刻なshinkokuna実態jittaiga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AMERIKAha世界sekaino1/4no二酸化炭素nisankatansowo排出haishutsuしてshiteおりori一人当たり一nin'atarino排出haishutsuryoumo世界sekaide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doushihelphato不定詞原形不定詞genkeifuteikotobano両方ryouhouwoとりますtorimasugaくだけたkudaketa文体buntaideha原形不定詞genkeifuteikotobaga多いooitoされてsareteおりoriこのkono例文reibunでもdemoそれsorega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ookuno言語gengode辞書形jishogatano語尾gobiga決まってkimatteおりori日本語nihongodehaう段udanno文字mojide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zensekaide密輸mitsuyuされているsareteiruコカインKOKAINno90ga海路kairode運ばれてhakobareteおりoriそのsonoほとんどhotondogaスピードボートSUPIIDOBOOTOによるniyoruものmonodato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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