ri

Noun

1. reason; principle; logic

かれ言葉 ことば にかなっているようだ。
kareno kotobawa rini kanatte iru yōda.
His words sound reasonable.
Noun

2. general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon)

Buddhism
Related to 事【じ】
Noun

3. the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)