ほうりつ – Vocabulary details

ほうりつ

Meanings

Noun

1. law; legislation; act

この世せ界かいにはそういう法ほう律りつがあったんですか！？Did such a law exist in this world!?

Alt. forms

法ほう律りつ

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ほうりつ

Pitch accent

ほ

うりつ

Used in: 2

Composed of

ほう

law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

りつ

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 (24 in total)

ほうりつじむしょ

law office; law firm

ほうりつじょう

legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure

ほうりつてき

juristical; legal

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Examples (88 in total)

ほうりつはほうりつです。

The law is the law.

ほうりつを守まもらなければならない。

We must abide by the law.

ほうりつを犯おかしてはいけない。

You must not break the law.