to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
law; rule; commandment; the Torah (the law of God as revealed to Moses)
Ritsu (school of Buddhism)
rate-limiting; rate-determining
poem of eight lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
lüshi; form of Chinese poetry with eight lines of seven or five characters
poem of eight lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) similar to Dorian mode
ancient Chinese pitch pipe (12 pipes corresponding to the ancient Chinese chromatic scale)
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do, i.e. the Dorian mode)