Moto 律: Rhythm; Law; RegulationKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- リツ、リチ、レツ
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 127 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (リツ・リチ・レツ)
- 法律ほうりつlaw
- 一律いちりつuniform; even
- 規律きりつorder; observance
- 旋律せんりつmelody; tune
- 法律事務所ほうりつじむしょlaw office; law firm
- 自律じりつautonomy (philosophy)
- 不文律ふぶんりつunwritten law; common law
- 二律背反にりつはいはんantinomy; self-contradiction
- 律義りちぎupright; honest
- 戒律かいりつ(religious) precept; discipline
- 自律神経じりつしんけいautonomic nerves
- 自律神経失調症じりつしんけいしっちょうしょうautonomic ataxia
- 調律ちょうりつtuning (musical)
- 調律師ちょうりつしpiano tuner
- 韻律いんりつmetre (of a poem); meter
- ピタゴラス音律ピタゴラスおんりつPythagorean temperament; Pythagorean tuning
- 一律にいちりつにin the same way
- 一律減反いちりつげんたんreduction in area of rice under cultivation
- 一律課税いちりつかぜいflat tax; uniform taxation
- 七言律詩しちごんりっしpoem of eight lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters
- 不規律ふきりつirregular; undisciplined
- 中全音律ちゅうぜんおんりつmeantone temperament
- 五言律詩ごごんりっしpoem of eight lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
- 他律たりつheteronomy; subjection
- 元素周期律げんそしゅうきりつperiodic table of the elements
- 元素周期律表げんそしゅうきりつひょうperiodic law
- 充足理由律じゅうそくりゆうりつprinciple of sufficient reason (logic)
- 刑律けいりつcriminal law
- 十二律じゅうにりつancient Chinese chromatic scale (primarily used in Japan for gagaku, etc.)
- 厳律げんりつstrict law
- 同一律どういつりつlaw of identity; principle of identity
- 呂律ろれつarticulation
- 呂律が回らないろれつがまわらないspeaking inarticulately (slurring, lisping, etc.)
- 周期律しゅうきりつperiodic law
- 因果律いんがりつlaw of cause and effect; principle of causality
- 定律ていりつfixed law
- 定旋律ていせんりつcantus firmus; plainsong
- 対旋律たいせんりつcountermelody
- 平均律へいきんりつtemperament; equal (or even) temperament
- 律りつlaw (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation
- 律するりっするto judge (on the basis of)
- 律儀りちぎupright; honest
- 律儀者りちぎものhonest person; conscientious person
- 律動りつどうrhythm
- 律動的りつどうてきrhythmical
- 律呂りつりょstandard tones; Chinese system of musical sounds
- 律宗りっしゅうRitsu (school of Buddhism)
- 律師りっしBuddhist priest
- 律文りつぶんlegal provisions; verse
- 律旋りっせんJapanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do, i.e. the Dorian mode)
Other readings
- 律令りつりょう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
- 千篇一律せんぺんいちりつmonotonous; humdrum
- 千編一律せんぺんいちりつmonotonous; humdrum
- 大宝律令たいほうりつりょうTaiho Code (701 CE)
- 律々しいりりしいgallant; brave
- 律令制りつりょうせいritsuryo system (ancient East Asian system of centralized governance; in Japan: esp. 7th-10th century)
- 律令国家りつりょうこっかthe Japanese nation under the ritsuryo codes
- 律令時代りつりょうじだいRitsuryo period (mid 7th-10th centuries CE)
- 律令格式りつりょうきゃくしきcodes of laws and ethics (Tang Code)
- 律律しいりりしいgallant; brave
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