Etymology

tariki

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Today it means: other power, outside help. Practice that assumes one's own capability is not sufficient, instead relying on other power - see also jiriki. Full definition →

Japanese 他力
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from他力
  2. English todaytariki

From Japanese 他力 (tariki, literally “other + strength”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.