律

りつ

[ritsu]

Definitions

1.noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation

2.noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

vinaya (rules for the monastic community)

3.noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Ritsu (school of Buddhism)

4.noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

lüshi (style of Chinese poem)

5.noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

(musical) pitch

6.noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

7.noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)

8.noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun, used as a suffix

step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone)