じゃり

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of じゃり – see the following entry.

【砂利】 [noun] [from 1619] gravel [noun] [from 1804] a magistrate's office for adjudicating issues from commoners (from the rock gardens that were common at these during the Edo period) [noun] [from 1844] child

(This term, じゃり, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)