Kanji律
Readingりつ
Frequency82%
Used in (113 in total)
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
law; legislation; act
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
melody; tune
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
autonomy; self-control; self-discipline; autonomy (in Kantian ethics)
tuning (an instrument); temperament
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
law of cause and effect; principle of causality
ritsuryō; criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
juristical; legal
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
autonomous; autonomic; self-sustaining; self-directed
well-ordered; systematic
metre; rhythm; musical temperament
metre (of a poem); meter; rhythm; prosody
The Golden Rule ("do unto others as you would have them do unto you")
martial law; articles of war; military disciple; military law
law of identity; principle of identity
uniformly; evenly; equally; indiscriminately; across the board
legal provisions; verse
equal temperament; mean-tone tuning
(legislative) bill
ritsuryō system; ancient East Asian system of centralized governance; in Japan: esp. 7th-10th century
legal consultation; (giving) legal advice
autonomic nervous system; ANS
heteronomy; being directed by others; acting according to orders or rules from outside (rather than one's own will); heteronomy (in Kantian ethics)
to revise (amend) the law
the Japanese nation under the ritsuryō codes (645 CE-10th century)
law of contradiction
autonomic dysfunction; autonomic failure; dysautonomia
law of identity; principle of identity
irregular; undisciplined; disorganized; disorganised; slipshod
standard tones; Chinese system of musical sounds
monotonous; humdrum; stereotyped; banal; dull
undisciplined; disorganized; loose; slipshod
just intonation; pure intonation
law of excluded middle
well-shaped verse
legal action; juridicial act
Ritsuryō period (mid 7th-10th centuries CE)
de jure marriage; legal marriage
principle of sufficient reason
Yōrō Code (promulgated 757 CE)
fiscal discipline; budgetary discipline
maxim; personal standard
strictly adhering to Buddhist precepts
codes of laws and ethics (Tang Code)
flat tax; uniform taxation
ancient Chinese chromatic scale (primarily used in Japan for gagaku, etc.)
Pythagorean temperament; Pythagorean tuning
written law; statute law
exclusion principle
reduction in area of rice under cultivation
autonomous system; AS
civil legal aid system (e.g. legal aid for poor people)
civil legal aid system (e.g. legal aid for poor people)
all-or-none law
syllabic meter (poetry)
ritsu scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale primarily used in gagaku: re, mi, so, la, ti)
periodic table of the elements
arrhythmia; abnormal rhythm; dysrhythmia
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) similar to Dorian mode
metre or rhythm in Chinese and Japanese traditional music
cantus firmus; plainsong; plainchant
main melody; lead; central theme (of a literary work, critique, etc.)
Ritsu (school of Buddhism)
criminal law
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do, i.e. the Dorian mode)