Keyword
regulate
Info
FrequencyTop 1300-1400
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig939
Readings
りつ
(81%)
りち
(12%)
りっ
(4%)
れつ
(1%)
Composed of
stand still
brush
Used in kanji (1 in total)
creepers
Used in vocabulary (127 in total)
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
melody; tune
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
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
autonomy (philosophy); self-control
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
articulation
tuning (musical)
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
law of cause and effect; principle of causality
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
juristical; legal
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
well-ordered; systematic
autonomous; autonomic; self-sustaining; self-directed
law; rule; commandment; the Torah (the law of God as revealed to Moses)
in the same way
metre; rhythm; musical temperament
speaking inarticulately (slurring, lisping, etc.)
metre (of a poem); meter; rhythm; prosody
martial law; articles of war; military disciple; military law
The Golden Rule ("do unto others as you would have them do unto you")
Buddhist priest
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
temperament; equal (or even) temperament
legal consultation; (giving) legal advice
to revise (amend) the law
ritsuryo system (ancient East Asian system of centralized governance; in Japan: esp. 7th-10th century)
honest person; conscientious person
(legislative) bill
autonomic nervous system; ANS
heteronomy; subjection; subordination
honest person; conscientious person
law of contradiction (logic)
Ritsu (school of Buddhism)
the Japanese nation under the ritsuryo codes
law of identity; principle of identity
irregular; undisciplined; disorganized; disorganised; slipshod
monotonous; humdrum; stereotyped; banal; dull
legal provisions; verse
standard tones; Chinese system of musical sounds
lawless; unregulated
law of identity (logic)
just temperament; pure temperament
law of excluded middle
well-shaped verse
rabbi; scribe (Biblical)
Ritsuryo period (mid 7th-10th centuries CE)
lüshi; form of Chinese poetry with eight lines of seven or five characters
principle of sufficient reason (logic)
maxim; personal standard
rate-limiting; rate-determining
Yōrō Code (promulgated 757 CE)
codes of laws and ethics (Tang Code)
poem of eight lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
Pythagorean temperament; Pythagorean tuning
written law; statute law
flat tax; uniform taxation
exclusion principle
ancient Chinese chromatic scale (primarily used in Japan for gagaku, etc.)
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
monotonous; humdrum; stereotyped; banal; dull
reduction in area of rice under cultivation
criminal law
metre or rhythm in Chinese and Japanese traditional music
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do, i.e. the Dorian mode)
civil legal aid system (e.g. legal aid for poor people)
civil legal aid system (e.g. legal aid for poor people)
poem of eight lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters
honest and straightforward to a fault
periodic table of the elements
Ritsu (school of Buddhism)
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) similar to Dorian mode
ritsu scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale primarily used in gagaku: re, mi, so, la, ti)
cantus firmus; plainsong; plainchant
all-or-none law
syllabic meter (poetry)
arrhythmia; abnormal rhythm; dysrhythmia
the morally righteous are blessed with many children
Examples (116 in total)
Are you in favor of the new law?
This law will deprive us of our basic rights.
This law does not apply in Japan.