リツ
Meanings
Noun
1. law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation
2. vinaya (rules for the monastic community)
3. Ritsu (school of Buddhism)
4. lüshi (style of Chinese poem)
5. (musical) pitch
also りち
6. six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
7. Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
Counter
Noun
Suffix
8. (in traditional Eastern music) step (corresponding to a Western semitone)
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (45 in total)
autonomy (philosophy); self-control
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
tuning (musical)
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
law of cause and effect; principle of causality
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
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
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
legal provisions; verse
temperament; equal (or even) temperament
ritsuryo system (ancient East Asian system of centralized governance; in Japan: esp. 7th-10th century)
heteronomy; subjection; subordination
law of contradiction (logic)
maxim; personal standard
law of identity; principle of identity
law of identity (logic)
standard tones; Chinese system of musical sounds
just temperament; pure temperament
natural law
well-shaped verse
law of excluded middle
principle of sufficient reason (logic)
new law
exclusion principle
periodic law
written law; statute law
ancient Chinese chromatic scale (primarily used in Japan for gagaku, etc.)
criminal law
strict law
metre or rhythm in Chinese and Japanese traditional music
meantone temperament
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)
syllabic meter (poetry)
phase rule
chain rule