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law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code), regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism)
- 律令りつりょう
ritsuryō, criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
- 律儀りちぎ
upright, honest, faithful, conscientious, sincere
- 律するりっする
to judge (on the basis of); to control, to discipline (oneself), to regulate
- 凛々しいりりしい
gallant, manly, brave, imposing, awe-inspiring, chivalrous, dignified
- 律法りっぽう
law, rule, commandment; the Torah (the law of God as revealed to Moses)
- 律動りつどう
rhythm
- 律詩りっし
lüshi, form of Chinese poetry with eight lines of seven or five characters
- 律師りっし
preceptor, priest
- 律義者りちぎもの
honest person, conscientious person
- 律動的りつどうてき
rhythmical
- 律義者の子沢山りちぎもののこだくさん
the morally righteous are blessed with many children
- 律文りつぶん
legal provisions, verse
- 律語りつご
well-shaped verse
- 律法学者りっぽうがくしゃ
rabbi; scribe (Biblical)
- 律宗りっしゅう
Ritsu (school of Buddhism)
- 律速りっそく
rate-limiting, rate-determining
- 律呂りつりょ
standard tones, Chinese system of musical sounds
- 律令格式りつりょうきゃくしき
codes of laws and ethics (Tang Code)
- 律令時代りつりょうじだい
Ritsuryō period (mid 7th-10th centuries CE)
- 律令国家りつりょうこっか
the Japanese nation under the ritsuryō codes (645 CE-10th century)
- 律管りっかん
ancient Chinese pitch pipe (12 pipes corresponding to the ancient Chinese chromatic scale)
- 律音階りつおんかい
ritsu scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale primarily used in gagaku: re, mi, so, la, ti)
- 律令制りつりょうせい
ritsuryō system, ancient East Asian system of centralized governance; in Japan: esp. 7th-10th century
- 律旋法りつせんぽう
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) similar to Dorian mode
- 律旋りつせん
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do, i.e. the Dorian mode)