Japanese

しんり
Meaning: truth; universal principle
Part of Speech: Noun

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真
理

Example sentences

He dedicated his life to the pursuit of truth.
学者は人生をかけて真理を追究し続けている。
Scholars spend their lives continuing to pursue the truth.
学者は一生をかけて真理を探究し続ける。
Scholars spend their entire lives continuing the search for truth.
これは普遍の真理だ
This is a universal truth.
密教の講義で、先生は法身を永遠の真理として説明した。
In a lecture on esoteric Buddhism, the teacher explained 法身 as eternal truth.
これらの物理法則は、普遍妥当な真理である。
These laws of physics are universally valid truths.
自然の法則は万古不易の真理である。
The laws of nature are an eternal truth.
この教えは万代不易の真理だ。
This teaching is an eternally unchanging truth.
劫初から劫末に至るまで、この真理は変わらない。
From the beginning of time to the end of the world, this truth remains unchanged.
愛楊葉児に陥ることなく、真理を追求し続けるべきだ。
One should continue to seek the truth without being satisfied with shallow knowledge.

Usage Notes

Refers to a fundamental, objective truth or a universal law.

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