| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 理 | り | reason, principle, logic; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos |
| 管理 | かんり | control, management (e.g. of a business) |
| 理事 | りじ | director, board of directors |
| 理由 | りゆう | reason, pretext, motive |
| 処理 | しょり | processing, dealing with, treatment, disposition, disposal |
| 総理 | そうり | prime minister, leader, overseer (of national affairs), president |
| 理解 | りかい | understanding, comprehension |
| 料理 | りょうり | cooking, cookery, cuisine; dealing with something, handling, administration, management |
| 代理 | だいり | representation, agency, proxy, deputy, agent, attorney, substitute, alternate, acting (principal, etc.) |
| 理念 | りねん | idea |
