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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

Twenty years have passed since that farewell, and I have not seen him once.

After signing the contract, the two companies worked together to make a new product.

The old man smiled serenely when he saw his grandchild's face.

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