プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ぎり【義理】
❶〔道理〕justice；〔対人関係上の義務〕duty
金を貸せなどと言えた義理じゃなかろう
You cannot with any justice ask me to loan you money.
義理をわきまえる
have a sense of justice [duty]
義理を欠く
fail in one's duty
友人に義理を立てる
do one's duty by a friend
それでは義理が立たない
That would be ungrateful.
義理にもそんなことは言えない
I could never bring myself to say so.
義理と人情の板挟みになる
be torn between love and duty
彼らはほんの義理で１回訪ねてきてくれただけだ
They paid us a visit once just out of a sense of duty.
彼はお義理に1,000円を寄付してくれた
He made a donation of 1,000 yen simply out of a sense of obligation [duty].
❷〔つきあい〕
時々義理でバーへ行く
I sometimes go to bars to keep my friends company.
❸〔配偶者の家族との関係〕
義理の兄弟
one's brother-in-law