爾
爾: that
that; thus; you (literary)
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Readings
On
ジ・ニ
Kunなんじ・しかり・その・のみ・おれ・しか
Literary. Mostly 爾後 (じご, thereafter) and 爾来 (じらい, ever since), where it is read ジ.
Key words
爾後じごthereafter; from then on
爾来じらいever since
爾今じこんfrom now on
莞爾かんじsmiling serenely
Example sentences
あの日の別れから爾来二十年、一度も彼に会っていない。
Twenty years have passed since that farewell, and I have not seen him once.
契約を結んだ爾後、両社は協力して新製品を作った。
After signing the contract, the two companies worked together to make a new product.
老人は孫の顔を見ると、莞爾として笑った。
The old man smiled serenely when he saw his grandchild's face.