りつ
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. step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone)
Pitch accent
り
つ
Used in vocabulary (48 in total)
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
law; legislation; act
tuning (an instrument); temperament
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
law of identity; principle of identity
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
autonomy; self-control; self-discipline; autonomy (in Kantian ethics)
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
law of cause and effect; principle of causality
ritsuryō; criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
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
equal temperament; mean-tone tuning
ritsuryō system; ancient East Asian system of centralized governance; in Japan: esp. 7th-10th century
heteronomy; being directed by others; acting according to orders or rules from outside (rather than one's own will); heteronomy (in Kantian ethics)
law of contradiction
maxim; personal standard
law of identity; principle of identity
standard tones; Chinese system of musical sounds
natural law
just intonation; pure intonation
law of excluded middle
well-shaped verse
principle of sufficient reason
strictly adhering to Buddhist precepts
exclusion principle
periodic law
written law; statute law
ancient Chinese chromatic scale (primarily used in Japan for gagaku, etc.)
new law
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
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