きりつ
Meanings
Noun
1. order; observance; discipline
2. rules; law; regulations
Pitch accent
き
りつ
Composed of
period; Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
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
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
well-ordered; systematic
irregular; undisciplined; disorganized; disorganised; slipshod
undisciplined; disorganized; loose; slipshod
Examples (1 in total)
Military discipline is literally rigid.