Definition of げんりし
- (n) Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa)
- yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata)
- printing block
- (pref) original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
私達がよく野球をして遊んだ原は今すっかり家が建て込んでしまった。
The field where we used to play ball is now all built up.
- (n) ri (old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles)
100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。
There's many a slip between the cup and the lip. - neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes)
- unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
- (n) word; remark; statement
彼の言に従って行動するのはりこうではない。
It is not wise to go by his word.
- (suf) reduction
この数字は原油輸入減を反映している。
This figure is a mirror of the decrease in imports of crude oil.
- (suf) history (e.g. of some country)
彼は、フランス史の学者だ。
He is a scholar of French history.
- (suf) honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status
姉は私のズボンにアイロンをかけてくれる。
My sister presses my trousers.