EntryCommon
  1. Particle

    -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going")

    as …たり…たり, after the -masu stem of verbs

    何人も空の胃の腑では愛国者たり得ない。
    No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
  2. doing such things as ...

    used adverbially

  3. expresses a command

    as …たり…たり at sentence-end, after the -masu stem of a repeated verb

  4. Copula, Auxiliary verb, Vr

    to be

    Archaicfrom とあり, after a nounsee たる

  5. Auxiliary verb, Vr

    indicates completion or continuation of an action

    Archaicfrom 〜てあり, after the -masu stem of verbs

Also written だり

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