ちり
Chiri
塵 (Chiri) is a Japanese noun meaning “dust, trash, garbage, rubbish”.
Meanings
- noundust
- nountrash; garbage; rubbish; dirt
- nounnegligible amount; tiny bitusu. as 塵ほども...ない
- nounhustle and bustle (of life); worldly cares; impurities of the world
- nounritual gestures indicating that a fight will be clean
Examples
片目にごみが入った。
Dust got into one of my eyes.
部屋はゴミだらけだ。
The room is covered with dust.
塵も積もれば山となる。
Many a little makes a mickle.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).